The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a horse race that is usually run on the first Saturday of May.  This year of COVID-19, the race will be run next fall.  It is a very famous race, but it is also known for fashion, especially ladies' hats .

An Art Auction

Watch an auction in action!

Is It Authentic?

Read about the painting found in an attic in France.  Is it worth $136.5 million dollars, or is it a fake?

A Cattle Auction

Miki Endo Story on YouTube

This is the story of Miki Endo, the young woman who stayed at her post to announce the coming tsunami in Minamisanriku, Japan, in 2011.

You can view the YouTube video here .

Lucy Cooke

Go to Lucy Cooke's blog, The Amphibian Avenger, here .

You can also watch her viral video below:

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018

Millions of Christians observe Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season, while others barely know what it's about. The word, Lenten, is derived from an old English term for the "lengthening" of days, which occurs in springtime. Lent is the 40 day period before Easter Sunday.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. On Ash Wednesday ashes are placed on people's foreheads in the sign of the cross to remind them of Christ's death, of the sorrow one should feel for his or her sins, and of the necessity of repenting, which is turning from sin and turning to God. Traditionally, the ashes are obtained from burned palm branches from the Palm Sunday of the previous year.

The practice, which dates from the early Middle Ages, is common among Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Episcopalians, and many Lutherans; it was also adopted by some Methodists and Presbyterians in the 1990s.