Monthly Archives: April 2016

Milk, and Dairy 6000 B.C.E; Eurasia

Posted on April 30, 2016 by beaugrand

Milk, and Dairy 6000 B.C.E; Eurasia In sites in Anatolia (most of the modern Turkey), which lies outside the traditional Fertile Crescent region where agriculture was first developed, according to Richard Evershed of the University of Bristol in England. The … Continue reading →

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La Truffe- The Truffle

Posted on April 28, 2016 by beaugrand

Joseph Talon, 1793-1873 a young farmer fromCroagnes (Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur, France) in Saint Saturnin lès Apt realized the acorns of oaks he himself had planted, produced truffles too. He never became famous however a humble statue pays tribute to the father … Continue reading →

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The Rosetta Stone / La pierre de Rosette

Posted on April 24, 2016 by beaugrand

The Rosetta Stone was ultimately deciphered in 1822 (approximately 23 years later) by Jean-Francois Champollion, the brilliant French academic who specialized in ancient languages of the Middle East.      The language that appeared on the Rosetta stone It was … Continue reading →

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L’univers et ses connaître; Galaxies / The Universe and its known Galaxy

Posted on April 24, 2016 by beaugrand

The Universe and its known Galaxy Galaxies by type List of spiral galaxies, List of polar-ring galaxies, List of quasars The Farthest Visible Reaches of Space 123,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km from Earth or 7.64286566451920786e+22 miles At the rate of 17.3 km/sec (the … Continue reading →

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Molière, -Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Posted on April 24, 2016 by beaugrand

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, connu sous son nom de scène Molière, était un … Continue reading →

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La France Antarctique

Posted on April 21, 2016 by beaugrand

La France Antarctique (Guanabara Bay) A breathtaking harbor of Rio de Janeiro Brazil not Antarctica as is known today In 1541 during the siege of Vlalta by Charles V, the knight who most distinguished himself on the Christian side was … Continue reading →

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Madeira / Madère

Posted on April 17, 2016 by beaugrand

Madeira Madeira is politically an integral part of Portugal and geographically an island in the Atlantic, 360 miles from the coast of Morocco and 530 miles from Lisbon. It is thirty-six miles long and fourteen and a half miles wide, … Continue reading →

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Ossian English

Posted on April 16, 2016 by beaugrand

Ossian I originally purchased this book, 39 years ago, The Poems of Ossian in 1977 at a use book store in Philadelphia Pennsylvania while still living in Montreal. On the first page there was a hand written signature of M. … Continue reading →

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Ossian

Posted on April 16, 2016 by beaugrand

Ossian Que j’ai initialement acheté ce livre, il y a 39 ans, les poèmes d’Ossian en 1977 lors d’une utilisation book store de Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie, tout en vivant à Montréal. Sur la première page, il y a une signature … Continue reading →

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CUBA our long lost neighbor Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Posted on April 15, 2016 by beaugrand

  CUBA our long lost neighbor Guantanamo Bay Naval Base How did Guantanamo Bay, a small military base that was for Fidel Castro “a dagger plunged into the Cuban soil,” become what Donald Rumsfeld later declared “The Least Worst Place” … Continue reading →

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