World Changing Women – Bana and Fatemah Alabed
Welcome to World Changing Women, today we are exploring the story of Bana and Fatemah Alabed. Bana and Fatemah Alabed are a mother/daughter pair living in Aleppo right now. For the past three months they have been using Twitter to show and expose what is happening there. They live tweet through bombings and issue pleas […]
Travel Tuesdays! Japanese Festivals #2
Hey guys! Welcome to Travel Tuesdays! Today we are exploring some more Japanese festivals with Danielle! Thanks for stopping by! -Erin
Standing Rock and the Water Protectors
Everyone has the right to protect their home and their families. If the future of your home and family was under threat because your land and your life were seen as less valuable by those who think money trumps all, would you sit by or would you stand up? The people of Standing Rock have […]
Favorite YouTuber Spotlight – SaimaSmilesLike
Hey all! Welcome to Favourite Fridays! Today I want to introduce you to the adorable and hilarious YouTuber Saimasmileslike. Saima is also a photographer, designer and blogger; you can check her out here: http://www.saimachowdhury.co.uk/ She doesn’t post too often, but there are some real gems in her collection. I’m hoping she starts to post more […]
Happy Thanksgiving America
If you are celebrating Thanksgiving today, there are two people you should be thanking. Tisquantum and Sarah Josepha Hale. Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, is one of the reasons the pilgrims even survived and Sarah Hale is the reason Thanksgiving became a national holiday. Tisquantum was a member of the Patuxet tribe and part of […]
World Changing Women – Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan and was the first woman to be the democratically elected head of state for a Muslim majority country. She is half Pakistani and half Iranian Kurdish and has three younger siblings. She attended Harvard and Oxford, studying philosophy, politics, economics, international law and diplomacy. She was […]
Travel Tuesdays! Japan – Festivals
Welcome to Travel Tuesdays! Today we are exploring some Japanese Festivals with Danielle 😀 Thanks for stopping by! -Erin
Bird Nerd!
Welcome back to another Bird Nerd! Today I’m going to share some beautiful birds with you that I captured in both Jasper National Park and Hasse Lake. Osprey are really cool birds, they’re actually enormous though you don’t quite realize it unless you’re up close. They’re probably 3-4 times the size of a hawk and […]
Favorite YouTuber Spotlight – Randy Schuit
Hey all! Welcome to Favorite Fridays! I stumbled across this hidden gem of a singer while searching for Hamilton covers (I know, surprise, right?). Her name is Randy Schuit and I decided to reach out to her directly to get some fun info for you guys 😀 Turns out she’s as sweet as she is talented. […]
Deadly Nightshade
I recently watched MatPat’s video about Snow White and I was more than a little intrigued about his mentions of Belladona. I’ll post the video at the end so you can see for yourself. Atropa Belladonna has an interesting history having been used as medicine, cosmetic and poison. I know it best for its use […]