At any time, at any time while I was a slave, if I had been offered a minute of freedom, and told that I had to die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it, just to know what it was like to be free – Elisabeth Freeman Elisabeth , daughter of slaves from Pieter Hogebooms farm in Claverack
Homer was a Greek epic poet who lived around the 8th century BC. and is known for compiling the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”. Homer was a Greek poet known for compiling the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey . Historians know almost nothing about him, and for a long time other writings now considered apocry
September is a special time in Bavaria. From the first days of spring at the latest, people here are usually already talking about this “festival” and when it will finally come. I didnt get it at first, and this obsession always struck me as odd. In the meantime Ive been living here for more than fo
Sunday again. Meals with the family, morning walks, complaints about how close Monday is again... What do we do? Shall we watch a movie? Or go out for coffee? Surely this is the typical Sunday that many of us practice week after week in Spain today. However, throughout the ages and different places