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Hello my Dear Amy’s Garden readers! My name is Lydia Tyndall and this is another Miscellany article. James Stagg is my favorite meteorologist and my favorite person involved in D-Day! This article about him is my favorite article that I ever wrote for the Miscellany. I worked very hard on it and am proud ofContinue reading “The weatherman who saved D-Day”

This is Lydia Tyndall and I have another Miscellany article for y’all. ****** Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was born in 1869 in the town of Pokrovskoye Russia. He married young and had three children, but he was constantly getting drunk and starting fights. After one especially nasty brawl, he was thought to be dead. He turnedContinue reading “Rusputin”

I am Lydia Tyndall and I’ve got another Miscellany article for you. ****** Imagine Iceland at Christmas time during World War II. People want to purchase gifts for their friends and family, but many common gifts have been rationed. One of the few things available is paper. So they decide that books would make aContinue reading “Jolabokaflod”

****** My name is Lydia Tyndall and I have another Miscellany article for y’all. William Shakespere was a playwright who lived in Elizabethan England. His plays have become quite famous but have you ever wondered how and where they were originally performed?    At first Shakespere’s plays were performed at a playhouse in London called theContinue reading “How Shakespeare plays were originally performed”

What’s up y’all? Lydia Tyndall here with another Miscellany article!!! ****** The sixteenth century saw many changes to the church and religion in England. In the year 1500 King Henry VII was the ruler of England. Like all the kings before him he was Catholic, and therefore all his subjects were Catholic as well.  InContinue reading “The Church in sixteenth century England”

Lydia Tyndall here. I’ve got a Miscellany article. ****** For a thousand years the Byzantine Empire, which spread throughout much of the known world, was a powerful, influential domain. The capital Constantinople was its crown jewel. It had smooth roads, palaces, and schools. It was the center of the Eastrn Orthodox Church and had aContinue reading “The end of the Byzantine Empire”

My name is Lydia Tyndall and I have a Miscellany article for y’all!!!!!! ****** s a lover of history I am always on the lookout for new resources to help me learn more. One author I have recently discovered is Genevieve Foster.  Foster believed that the way history was traditionally taught was boring. Many textbooksContinue reading “Genevieve Foster Books”

Lydia Tyndall here! This time I have a short story that I wrote for the Miscellany! ****** One January morning in 1941, Fala Roosevelt, a small black Scottish terrier trotted around the White House looking for someone who would pay attention to him. Normally his owner, the president Franklin Roosevelt was always eager to playContinue reading “Fala”

What’s up y’all? This is Lydia Tyndall here with another Miscellany article!!!!!! ****** President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottish Terrier Fala was no ordinary dog. He was a canine celebrity.  Fala moved into the white house in November of 1940. He had been a gift to the president from his cousin. Shortly after arriving, Fala discoveredContinue reading “Fala, a canine celebrity “

It’s me Lydia Tyndall with another Miscellany article for y’all! ****** Corrie ten Boom was born in 1892 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She grew up in a building called the Beje. It contained a watch shop with living space above it.  Every day throughout her childhood, Corrie and her three siblings would gather and listenContinue reading “Corrie ten Boom”