Self Defense for seniors and disabled

 One of the better options for self defense is a cane.  It's useful for walking, legal to carry anywhere, and doesn't require licenses or anything special.  Here's a collection of videos on canes for self-defense:

If you only learn one move, this is the one to know:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpjBwJmBaT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pULOnrVEmGs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo1G1cpOaBQ

Random thought.  This is the time (before January 2025) to push through any government-related document you might want or need.  Once the number of people in government gets slashed, getting ANYthing done is going to take freakin' forever.

Duncan & Mallory novels

 

Link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mel.-White/author/B007FHDCHE

Class Links Egyptology Week 2

 

Smithsonian on the Egyptian pyramids  

October 5th discovery of mummies at Saqqara 

Mummy of Egyptian princess found in pyaramid

35 small pyramids in Sudan

Class links - Egyptology week 1

 Recent finds in Egypt: 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/new-egyptian-mummies-0014355

Recommended:

http://ancient-egypt-online.com/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//Welcome.html

Oriental Institute of Chicago on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrientalInstitute

My favorite Egyptologists

• Geraldine Pinch
• Joyce Tyldesley
• James P. Allen
• Jan Assman

Fun reading:  The Amelia Peabody books by Egyptologist Barbara Mertz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Peabody_series

Class links - Roaring Twenties - 08/03/20

An hour of twenties music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNEJITxi2Y  

A good look at the "Other Half" - Rosalind Russel in "Auntie Mame"

Jeanne Toussaint

https://www.cartier.com/en-us/maison/l-odyssee-de-cartier/jeanne-toussaint.html

What the English language pages don't tell you about Jeanne Toussaint

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Toussaint

Debutante practice for presentation to queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgEeHvzJ2Bw

The Sloaney (luxury lifestyle magazine)

https://www.thesloaney.com/

Listverse:  the wildest parties in history:

https://listverse.com/2014/02/02/10-of-the-wildest-parties-in-history/

Graphic Novel - Lackadaisy (which will also be an animated short film)

https://lackadaisycats.com/

(page 1 of the comic; https://lackadaisycats.com/comic.php?comicid=1)

Oheka Castle - the second largest private home (now a hotel) in the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oheka_Castle

Class Links - Roaring Twenties - July 27, 2020

Some of the fun things to explore today!

Cookbooks

Mary Ronald's Century Cookbook on Archive.org
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924003579038#page/n1/mode/2up

Perry Ladies' Cookbook
http://www.kancoll.org/books/perry/index.html

A simple fruit shrub (fruit vinegar for drinking) - there are lots of recipes, some of them take months to make.  This one doesn't.

https://www.myrecipes.com/how-to/how-to-make-shrub

And since it's summer, a cherry-balsamic shrub 

https://www.kcet.org/food/recipe-cherry-balsamic-shrub

Or how about "water pie"

https://www.southernplate.com/water-pie-recipe-from-the-great-depression/

Tents and campers of 1920-1930 (in case you want an adventure)

https://mobilehomeliving.org/tents-of-the-1920s-and-30s/

Short filmsBabe Ruth, King of Swat in "Perfect Control"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4llAK8_o4GU&list=FLddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g

Link to Citizen Archivist for National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist

Chautauqua Society

https://www.mdhumanities.org/programs/chautauqua/

2020 Bingo

Because things are just so strange this year - a collection of odd news stories that made people ask:

News links included.  Updated when I run across stuff.

"Zombie cicadas" infected with mind-controlling fungus return to West Virginia

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-cicadas-infected-mind-controlling-fungus-west-virginia

This River Of Black Sludge Recorded In Arizona Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

https://allthatsinteresting.com/arizona-ash-flash-flood

07/18/2020 Giant swarm of flying ants spotted from space over UK 

https://news.sky.com/story/giant-swarm-of-flying-ants-spotted-from-space-over-uk-12030835

07/13/20 2020 adds "plague squirrels" to its apocalypse bingo card 

https://z100radio.iheart.com/content/2020-07-13-2020-adds-plague-squirrels-to-its-apocalypse-bingo-card/

07/01/20 Part of Lassen Volcanic National Park closed after angry otter bites swimmer - 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/California-lake-closed-after-angry-otter-bites-15380136.php

07/01/20 - National coin shortage has retailers pleading for exact change 

https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/national-coin-shortage-has-retailers-pleading-for-exact-change/?fbclid=IwAR3Z7D3c-sp0x_NAojNnfWpoDhq7wQiRNy4IINj2QAHm9Xc00jK4WMMvYsY

06/14/20 Locusts Are A Plague Of Biblical Scope In 2020. Why? And ... What Are They Exactly?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/14/876002404/locusts-are-a-plague-of-biblical-scope-in-2020-why-and-what-are-they-exactly

05/29/20 Monkey steals COVID-19 blood samples from a lab technician in India  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/monkey-steals-covid-19-blood-samples-from-a-lab-technician-in-india/ar-BB14MhGm

05/27/20 More Than 100,000 People Have Now Died From COVID-19 In The U.S. - 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/100000-us-coronavirus-deaths_n_5ebd9b0bc5b66e2790db0a8b

05/25/20 George Floyd protests 

https://web.archive.org/web/20200602235547/https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html

05/18/20 Freshwater river turns blood-red ‘like a biblical plague of Egypt’

https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/freshwater-river-turns-blood-red-like-a-biblical-plague-of-egypt/

05/04/20 'Murder Hornets,' with sting that can kill, land in US 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/murder-hornets-sting-kill-lands-us-70495354

04/07/20 Record-size hole opens in ozone layer above the Arctic 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/07/record-size-hole-opens-in-ozone-layer-above-the-arctic

04/07/20 Chernobyl radiation levels spike as forest fires rage - 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/europe/chernobyl-fire-radiation-scli-intl-scn/index.html

01/10/20 Enormous 'Megafire' In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres 

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795169417/enormous-mega-fire-in-australia-engulfs-1-5-million-acres