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DID YOU KNOW? LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY, LAURA INGALLS WILDER, and MARGARET MITCHELL Three women authors who influenced J.M. Northup of Norns Triad Publications are L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House Books), and Margaret Mitchell (Gone With The Wind). With an intense love of literature and history, these writers made an undying impact on the young
Read moreEveryone knows Bea Arthur was a Golden Girl. BUT… did you know she was also one of the first females to enlist into the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve? Yep, in 1943, during World War II, Bea Arthur started as a typist for the U.S. Marines before working as a trucker driver and dispatcher. Did you know that Bea was an
Read moreViticulture is basically wine growing while vinification is making wine. The difference is essentially the cultivation of the grapes and then the process of actually making the wine from the fruit. Oenology (or enology) is the science and study of wine and wine making. A viticulturist is a cultivator of grape vines, applying what enologists know to the production of
Read moreDid you know that paper (as we know it) was first invented in 105 A.D. by a Chinese person? There were precursors, such as papyrus and amate, which existed in the Mediterranean world and pre-Columbian Americas, respectively, but they weren’t considered to be truly paper. It’s invention is, instead, credited to an Imperial court eunuch, named Cai Lun (also known as Ts’ai Lun). Cai Lun was not
Read moreDid you know that music and poetry have walked hand-in-hand throughout time? Perhaps if you consider the minstrel it will be more evident. Did you know that rhythm in language helps develop readers? That’s right – it is an important part of literacy. In antiquity, poetry (which was the popular form of storytelling and communal entertainment) was put to music or sung. Today. FOLK poetry and FOLK
Read moreDid you know that the G.I. Generation is another name for the Greatest Generation? These are identified as people born between 1901 until 1927. They grew up during The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and some even endured the Spanish Flu pandemic. As if their childhood wasn’t tough enough, they went on to battle through World War II. Conversely, this
Read moreThe First Female To Receive An Aircraft Mechanic’s License #DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com and www.nornstriad.com Aviation Maintenance Technician Day is celebrated on May 24th each year. This is because it’s Charles E. Taylor‘s birthday, and he invented the first aircraft engine, effectively making him the first aircraft mechanic. This, of course, brings us to Phoebe Jane Fairgrave Omlie, who happens to be the first
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