Tag: Poor Richard’s Almanack

  • Who was Benjamin Franklin? (1706-1790)

    Who was Benjamin Franklin? (1706-1790)

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    A MAN OF “STRONG CURIOSITY” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2018 (Nov. 1, 2018) — Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706.  At the age of 12, he began an apprenticeship as a printer and later wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack.  Franklin helped establish the first Public Hospital and the first volunteer fire department in America. …

  • My Best Friend Died

    My Best Friend Died

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    “HIS WORD WAS HIS BOND” by OPOVV, ©2013 (Oct. 18, 2013) — Living one-cell organisms, able to replicate with the ability to change due to mega-zaps of ultraviolet radiation, or a very large object slamming into the atmosphere of earth at 40,000 mph, all going for a cosmic roller-coaster ride through the solar system, while the…