We know Captain John Smith (1579–1631) as one of a generation of speculators and risk-takers: the soldiers-at-large, the privateers, the explorers, the planters of colonies in the late Tudor and early ...
Today’s Poem of the Day, “Sea Fever” by John Masefield (1878–1967), has long been a staple of children’s anthologies. It’s the quintessence of the traditional “boy’s poem,” with its call to a life ...
That no one but me can find and see. You’re still what you have always been, Loving, caring, and with a modest grin. Does the world not know who you are? Oh, that’s nonsense! That’s truly bizarre!