Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in Jurassic marine
Author: Seletyn
Life is crazy and amazing and wonderful and humiliating and uplifting and a trainwreck. I like to write about all of it. I love pop culture. I love to read. I love studying life, the world and people. I try to write a little something for everyone. I hope you find a tidbit you like. Comments are always welcome, I love conversations.
Women’s History Month: Harriet Powers (Quilting Genius)
Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was an African-American slave, folk artist, and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Only
Women’s History Month: Constance Fox Talbot (Photography)
Constance Talbot (née Mundy, 30 January 1811 – 9 September 1880) married William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the key players in the development of photography in the
Women’s History Month: Dona Bailey (Centipede)
Dona Bailey is an American video game programmer and educator who, along with Ed Logg in 1981, created Atari’s arcade video game Centipede. Dona Bailey was born in 1955 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She graduated high
Women’s History Month: Tarpé Mills
Newspaper Clippings About Tarpe Mills and Comic Strips:
Movie: The Day Of The Triffids (1962)
And I really got hot when I saw Janette Scott fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills!
