by Morning Reflections | Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 1967, when FBI agents closed in on James Robert Ringrose, one of America’s 10 Most Wanted criminals, he was ready. He presented them with a Get Out of Jail Free card from a Monopoly game. Nice try. But that’s not how it works. Monopoly fans are...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
When it comes to receiving meaningful names, some of us are winners. Others are losers. Then there’s the family with both a Winner and a Loser.In 1958 Robert Lane and his wife, who lived in public housing in Harlem, New York City, became parents of their...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 1985 Julie Gold, an administrative assistant who dabbled in songwriting, came up with lyrics and a melody that she thought sounded promising.None of the artists or record companies she contacted, however, thought it was worth recording. A year later she asked...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
A humble building known as the Abbot Pass Hut is one of the Western Hemisphere’s most intriguing structures. It was constructed 98 years ago as a shelter for mountaineers attempting to scale either Mount Victoria or Mount Lefroy, two of the higher peaks in Banff...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Maya Angelou’s life did not have a hopeful beginning. At the age of eight she was sexually abused and raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Maya told her brother what had happened. The boyfriend was apprehended. Incredibly, he was jailed for...
