Tag: #DidYouKnow

#DidYouKnow – AUDIOBOOKS

by J.M. Northup, posted in Audiobook, FEATURE, History, Holidays & Observances, Literacy, Non-Fiction & Educational, STEM

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Thomas Edison and his early phonograph.Cropped from Library of Congress copy. IMAGE SOURCE Most people aren't aware of this, but did you know that audiobooks have been around since 1877? Yep, that's right. They were first created by the famous inventor Thomas Edison. With the advent of his phonograph (the … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – AUDIOBOOKS

#DidYouKnow – Rose Wilder Lane

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

#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Image Source Does this woman's name sound familiar to you? Rose Wilder Lane... Do you feel like you should know who she is, but you just can't put your finger on it? Let me help you out - this is the firstborn and only surviving (to adulthood) child of … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – Rose Wilder Lane

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