As some of you know, I’m biracial. My father was Dakota (Sioux) and French Canadian and my mom was Irish and British, with some Kickapoo heritage. It made for a challenging life growing up because one town where we lived I truly experienced racism by some people, kids wanting to fight “the” Indian (and they […]
A group of third-graders in little Kennard, Nebraska, did their part one school day afternoon. In the spring of 1970, the dozen or so schoolmates and their fourth-grade comrades patrolled the town of about 300, picking up paper, bottles, glass – anything they found – and put it their garbage bags. After they had walked […]
Are you a fan of the supernatural? Do you believe in ghosts and things that go bump in the night? Have you had encounters with the paranormal? If so, then Haunticon Omaha is for you. But, beware, the convention isn’t a play on the supernatural; it won’t be making fun at the beliefs of people. […]
Recently, the Refractive Surgery Council invited Omaha bloggers to Kugler Vision for an informational presentation to learn about Laser Eye Corrective Surgery. As the first to arrive, I found it humorous that each us bloggers wore glasses, while the office staff we met didn’t. I assumed they had perfect vision from birth or underwent Laser Eye […]
Just one more sip. Or another. People taking part in Caffeine Crawl 2018 will have an option to visit at least five coffee houses on one of six routes over two days in Omaha and Lincoln. The July 27-28 event marks the fourth trip to the area for the Caffeine Crawl team. We took part […]
Four in 10 Americans work more than 50 hours a week. The United States workweek is longest in the world, according to CNN Business. So, it’s easy to see why 662 million hours of vacation time go unused annually. That equates to 82.75 million days of unused vacation. Americans work the longest and receive the […]
We are always looking for new places to travel, with so many we still need to explore right here in the Midwest. We have a library of books ready to help us plan our next trip. From places that we need to explore further to places we’ve yet to visit, these books are full of […]
To help celebrate the holiday season, households around the world will display small wooden nutcrackers. Who uses a nutcracker during the holidays? You know the one – usually dressed as a soldier from a ballet or ice skating show. Once designed to crack open nuts ranging from walnuts to pecans, today they tend to serve […]
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. So, it makes sense that Waterloo, Iowa, took its name from the heroes of the Belgium battle, correct? No. Originally called Prairie Rapids Crossing, a city name was required to petition for a post office in the area. A man liked the name Waterloo; thus, Prairie Rapids […]
Editor’s Note: Nebraska is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017. As the state observes its sesquicentennial, we are revisiting some of the state’s attractions. Today, we take a look at Joslyn Castle in Omaha… Built in 1903, George and Sarah Joslyn completed Omaha’s lone castle. The 35-room Scottish Baronial mansion was built on Omaha’s outskirts, […]
