Nothing is more 'in touch" with today than the Vintage Candy of yesteryear. A time when things were much kinder and less complicated, we all feel nostalgia rising inside of us when we see our favorite candies when we were a child. Vintage read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History
Nothing touches the heart more than by receiving a Whitman's box of chocolates for a birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, or Easter. How he started his candy empire is an interesting story, as a 19-year old Quaker tried to compete with the read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History
There are very few people who have not heard of Hershey's candies, especially with Easter holiday coming up. Not a product to be taken lightly, it originated in 1894 with Milton S. Hershey. Here is a story of how his chocolate became the read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > History
The poor people of Haiti had found their voice to let the world know of their misery...even before the destructive earthquake that hit them on January 12, 2010. Unfortunately, this has turned into an invisible scream by invisible Haitians who read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
Being born on March 20, 2010 are said to arrive as a power sign, part of the spring equinox which occurs on this very same day. Known as the "Day of the Labyrinth", this Pisces/Aries Cusp person was born on a very symbolic day having unique gifts read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Every year, the Easter date is set during the vernal equinox, or the "spring" equinox. At this point, the length of day and night is considered the same all over Earth. Because of this the equinox not only determines when we are going to have read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
With disasters such as Haiti, Cuba and New Orleans in our recent history, people who offer help from the bottom of their help is what allows people to survive through such catastrophic disasters. Many of those people who give are pennies above read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
Considered one of the most prolific writer of the early popes and the last pope of African origin of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Saint Gelasius I is known to have declared February 14, 496 A.D., as the first Feast Day of Saint Valentine. read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Recent studies of neuroimaging have connected the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortexes with the individual's spiritual experiences. Unfortunately, what has been seriously lacking previously has been the causative link between the spirituality read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
As I write, the Mardi Gras is currently going on in New Orleans; not only celebrating this city's historical event but also the winning of the Super Bowl last week-end by the New Orleans Saints. A huge celebration of fantastic food, cultural read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion