The Thoughtful Homemaker

Blogging got boring for a while. I just don’t like to write about myself. I facebook my life or will tell family in a letter, but I don’t like to blog about it.
The blogging history of the day was a great exercise for me and I am now excited about blogging again. Now blogging […]

Today is an international holiday and a very important holiday in my favorite nation in the world, the Czech Republic. November 17 is International Student’s Day. It is a day we remember the students who protested dictatorships and fought for democracy and freedom. (I will try to forget those students who fought against freedom) This […]

Before I get into the list of Saintly deaths I will state that Francisco Pizarro captured the Incan Emperor Atahualpa on this day. I told you it didn’t take long. Atahualpa was executed the next year by garrote.

This is someone being executed by a garrote in Manila.
On November 16 . . .
1384 Poland […]

On November 15:

1515 Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal. He was the builder of Hampton Court one of the largest palaces in Europe. I was able to go there last April.

I even got to meet King Henry VIII while there heh heh heh! (Is that a codpiece or is he happy to see me? Wife […]

On November 15th . . .
655- King Penda of Mercia by Oswiu of Northumbria during the Battle of Winwaed. Hwat! Both Mercia and Northumbria were Kingdoms in England in the Dark Ages. Penda was an Anglo-Saxon supposedly descended from the Norse God Woden. (Wednesday is named after Woden, the God who carried off the spirits […]

In the year 1200, in the city of Murau, in the castle of that city, a young knight began his life. He was Ulrich Von Liechtenstein a Styrian noble whose family owned three castles, one in Liechtenstein. He was the son of Dietmar III von Liechtenstein zu Murau. He received his training as a knight […]

Any killer can be a “loner” but we seem to have a problem with Muslim Loners who make spontaneous terror the past 10 years. It is an interesting trend that seems to be repeated. The media always mention the killer or attempted leader as a “loner” and worries about anti-Muslim backlash. The media and now […]

Turkmenistan was like a dystopian Oz. My husband, an Uzbek American, and I had no words as we stepped out of the airport of As. My three children, Viki, Jon, and Aron were amazed by the sparkling white buildings and golden statues dedicated to the past dictator of Turkmenistan, Turkmenbashi, leader of all Turkmen.
The […]