http://neddy.blogsome.com Thoughts on my lifetime experiences as a woman. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://neddy.blogsome.comhttp://members.aol.com/neddybee/babygirl2.jpgThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Today’s IQ Test is simple. Give yourself twenty-five IQ points for each correct answer to the following four questions plus one bonus question. No cheating! You must answer each question instantly; you cannot take your time. Good luck. First Question: You are participating in a ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2011/10/28/do-you-know-your-iq/ He touched my arm and motioned for me to stop singing. “You said ’staff.’ It’s not staff. T’is stave.” “It’s the same thing, isn’t it? A long stick?” “It doesn’t matter. Stave is what was sung to you, and stave you must say.” “When you are given a song that has ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2011/06/30/tis-stave-not-staff/ Mill House Museum, Occoquan, Virginia This tombstone was washed away from the James Arnold family cemetery in Woodbridge, Virginia to the banks of the Occoquan River during the Hurricane Agnes, 1972. According to “Our Mysterious Tombstone” by Martha Roberts, it marked the grave of a New York man, Frank Hurlybuff, ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2011/03/25/mysterious-tombstone-of-occoquan/ The Twelve Days of Christmas The twelve days of Christmas are the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which is when the three wise men supposedly arrived on the scene. It is NOT the twelve days before Christmas as many erroneously believe. The lovely story following is now considered ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2010/12/31/twelve-days-of-christmas/ 2LT Audie L. Murphy, USA Audie Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery given to any individual by the United States for “conspicuous ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2010/06/25/audie-murphy-medal-of-honor-winner/ In early spring of 1634, when Father Andrew WHITE and the English colonists on the Ark and Dove sailed into the Potomac River, they were enthralled with the beauty of the “great stream” and its wooded shores. They named it Saint Gregory, in honor of the canonized Pope of ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2010/06/15/the-potomac-river-of-1634/ Christmas is Christians’ flawed attempt to honor the birthday of their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He deserves better, but the harder we try to honor Him, the more we seem to diminish the celebration. I am certain that Jesus understands us better than we understand ourselves. The image, Creche at ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2009/12/20/celebrating-christmas/ I am wondering if this Masonic Temple on a hill in Alexandria, Virginia will be featured in the new novel by Dan Brown The Lost Symbol. Dan Brown had said that his next book was to be entitled “The Solomon Key.” Obviously he has changed those plans, as it is ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2009/08/23/the-lost-symbol-of-masonry/ This is my very first panorama photograph ever! I was not sure which size focal length to use, as my images were recorded as 5mm focal length. 5mm was not one of the choices for the Canon software, so I used the shortest available - 24mm. Then I went to ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2009/06/30/salt-lake-city-panorama/ Most people have no idea that the first European to discover American was a Barney. They think it was Leif Erikson or Christopher Columbus. When Leif found the coast of America he was following Bjarne’s discoveries. Bjarne, a Norwegian Viking, found what is now New England in 986 AD. He ... http://neddy.blogsome.com/2009/06/29/bjarne-americas-discoverer-986ad/