Tag: #DidYouKnow

SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE

by J.M. Northup, posted in Biographies & Memoirs, FEATURE, Non-Fiction & Educational, Women In History, Women Writers

DID YOU KNOW? #DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com 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 … Continue reading SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE

#DidYouKnow – Bea Arthur

by J.M. Northup, posted in Biographies & Memoirs, FEATURE, Military, Non-Fiction & Educational, Women In History

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Everyone 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 … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – Bea Arthur

#DidYouKnow – Viticulture & Winemaking

by J.M. Northup, posted in Cookbooks, Food & Wine, FEATURE, Non-Fiction & Educational

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Viticulture 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 … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – Viticulture & Winemaking

The Chinese Invented Paper

by J.M. Northup, posted in FEATURE, History, Non-Fiction & Educational

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on http://www.jmnorthup.com and http://www.nornstriad.com Did 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 … Continue reading The Chinese Invented Paper

Literacy Through Music & Poetry

by J.M. Northup, posted in FEATURE, Literacy, Music-related Writing, Non-Fiction & Educational, Poetry, Young Readers

You can find the #DidYouKnow blog series here: www.nornstriad.com and www.jmnorthup.com Did 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 … Continue reading Literacy Through Music & Poetry