Toto, I have the feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…oh, wait, we are. I was a few hours into my research on Kentucky, when it occurred to me that something was missing. Something very flat. Something very boring (have you ever driven I-70 across Kansas? There are like two turns in the entire State, one…
Some of you may have noticed that there has been a slight delay in reporting on Iowa. (Okay, so maybe 2 and a half months is a tad more than “slight”….) Well, I needed to wait until the final results from the Presidential Caucus could be included. We all know that Iowa is the first…
Lord, I can’t go back there. Okay, so I had a senior moment and a song flashback. It ain’t easy finding a way to start these sometimes. I mean, we’ve all been staying home and social distancing (which is really easy if you live alone. And cats are basically the mascots for social distancing…) so…
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE What do they have to do with our new destination? Hopefully by the end of this month’s States Well Stated we will both know. So, what follows Idaho? Lucky for me, not Iowa (which I am still sick of). Off we go to Illinois! The area was first “discovered” by Europeans…
Thank the good Lord that there is a couple of States before Iowa. I don’t know about you, but I am sick to death of hearing about Iowa. So instead, let’s look at a highly nutritious State (as long as you don’t load it up with butter, cheese and sour cream) – Idaho. Unofficially known…
HELLO GOODBYE Remember that old Beatles song “You say good-bye, and I say hello”? It might well have been written with our next target in mind. Aloha and welcome to the Nation’s most recent state (if you can call 1959 recent) Hawai’i. Yes, for the natives, that extra mark is necessary. They think it helps…
We all know that Georgia boasts of her peaches – but did you know that the peach is not the official State tree? That would have probably made too much sense. The live oak is the official State tree. And to get this out of the way now, the official fish is the largemouth bass.…
Yep, I decided not to leave the best for last. And what makes Florida the best? It’s obvious, it’s because we all live here. There are lots of reasons we chose Tanglewood and Florida for our new home. Some of us just wanted a place where we did not have to worry about falling flat…
So, yes, in honour of Delaware being one of the smallest States, I was compelled to give you much more than you ever needed to know. Try not to blink or you’ll miss it entirely. The first European settlement in Delaware was New Sweden in 1638. It was established by Peter Minute – more famous…
Things You Probably Never Cared to Know About Arkansas The first European settlement was established in 1686. “Arkansas” is a French interpretation of a Sioux word “acansa”, meaning “downstream place”. Which means the name has nothing to do with either Kansas, or Noah. Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Arkansas gave the…