Blueback herring, alewife, hickory and American shad are members of the herring family (Clupeidae). They are anadromous fishes, which means they spend the majority of their adult lives at sea and migrate up coastal rivers in the spring to spawn in freshwater. See pictures at https://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Fishing/documents/Shad_Herring_ID_032017.pdf
Red Cabbage and Corn Slaw serves 4 Link to other recipes at https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/8060-red-cabbage-and-corn-slaw
Libraries are essential in a process of giving citizens access to knowledge. In digital times they are needed more than ever before. In times of the internet, everyone can visit a library without leaving home. It’s just a matter of opening a library website, and you can not only borrow an ebook but also ask the librarian an online question. Most importantly, however, libraries are the places where you can expect smart and clear answers to even the most difficult questions. "The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library." Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Find other library quotes at https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2018/05/quotes-libraries-librarians-library-information-science.html
List of gravity hills and magnetic hills around the world. A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road" or something similar. Go to United States to see if your state is listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gravity_hills
The "sword of Damocles" is a modern expression, which to us means a sense of impending doom, the feeling that there is some catastrophic threat looming over you. That's not exactly its original meaning, however. The expression comes to us from the writings of the Roman politician, orator, and philosopher Cicero (106-43 BC). Cicero's point was that death looms over each of us, and we ought to try to be happy in spite of that. Others have interpreted his meaning to be similar to "don't judge people until you've walked in their shoes". Others, such as Verbaal (2006) argue that the story was part of a subtle suggestion to Julius Caesar that he needed to avoid the pitfalls of tyranny: the denial of spiritual life and the lack of friends. The way Cicero tells it, Damocles was the name of a sycophant (adsentator in Latin), one of the several yes-men in the court of Dionysius, a 4th century BC tyrant. Dionysius ruled Syracuse, a city in Magna Graecia, the Greek area of southern Italy. To his subjects, Dionysius appeared to be very rich and comfortable, with all the luxuries money could buy, tasteful clothing and jewelry, and access to delectable food in lavish feasts. Damocles was prone to compliment the king on his army, his resources, the majesty of his rule, the abundance of his storehouses, and the greatness of his royal palace: surely, said Damocles to the king, there had never been a happier man. Dionysius turned to him and asked Damocles if he would like to try living Dionysius's life. Damocles readily agreed. Dionysius had Damocles seated on a golden couch, in a room decorated with beautiful woven tapestries embroidered with magnificent designs and furnished with sideboards chased in gold and silver. He arranged for a feast for him, to be served by waiters hand-picked for their beauty. There were all kinds of exquisite food and ointments, and even incense was burned. Then Dionysius had a glittering sword hung from the ceiling by a single horsehair, directly over Damocles' head. Damocles lost his appetite for the rich life and begged Dionysius to let him go back to his poor life, for, he said, he no longer wanted to be happy. K. Kris Hirst Read more at https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-sword-of-damocles-117738
“Their small Victorian house would be called humble if it weren’t so cozy that it feels sumptuous.” “There’s always two sides to every story, and sometimes ten.” “When you pretend to believe things that aren't true, just because it's easier than dealing with the facts, you turn your whole life into a lie.” Life Expectancy, a novel by Dean Koontz
Slant rhyme is a type of rhyming where words sound similar but do not rhyme exactly. Slant rhyme is also called imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, or oblique rhyme. Find examples at https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary/slant-rhyme
The long-established and distinguished surname Harper may be either of Anglo-Saxon or Old French origin, and is an occupational name for a player on the harp. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "hearp", Middle English "harp", with the addition of the agent suffix "-er". In medieval times, the harper was one of the most important figures at baronial halls, festivals and fairs, and the Brehon laws of Scotland and Ireland ranked the playing of the harp as "the one art of music which deserves nobility". Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Harper Harper is also a given name.
Banker, also spelled
Bankes, derives from the Northern Middle English "bank(e)", itself
coming from the Old Danish "banke" meaning a ridge or hillside, and
was originally given as a topographical name to someone who lived on the slope
of a hillside or by a riverbank.
https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Banker
Wright, as well as the much rarer forms of Wrighte, Wraight, Wraighte, Wreight, Wrate, and patronymics Wrightson and Wrixon, is an early English surname. It is occupational and was used to describe a maker of machinery or objects, mostly in wood. The derivation is from the Olde English pre-7th century word 'wyrhta' meaning a craftsman, itself from the verb 'wyrcan', meaning to work or construct as in wheelwright, cartwright, millwright and wainwright. When 'wyrhta' was used on its own, it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. Perhaps not surprisingly this is one of the first occupational surnames to be recorded. https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Wright Today wright can be a suffix: for instance, playwright and wainwright. (Wain is an old, nearly obsolete word for wagon.)
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