I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –SiggieLink to the Youtube video and the...
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Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 22: The Playboy, the Kaiser, and the first Windsor (1901-1936)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –Siggie Link to the Youtube video and...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 21: The Hanovers: The Victorian Era (1830-1901)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –Siggie Link to the Youtube video and...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 20: The Hanovers: George III and George IV (1760-1830)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –SiggieLink to the Youtube video and the...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 19: The Hanovers: George I and George II (1714-1760)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –Siggie Link to the Youtube video and...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 18: Charles II, James II, William, Mary, and Anne (1660-1714)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –Siggie Link to the Youtube video and...
Siggie the Conqueror: Episode 17: James I, Charles I, and the English Revolution (1603-1660)
I want to be royalty! I want to have Power! So, I’m learning about all of themonarchs in England… You know… throughout history. The conquerors and the ones thatinherited all of their wealth and glory. I guess I plan to do both! –Siggie Link to the Youtube video and...
Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance (pt 9-Conclusion)
I was my mother’s healthcare proxy, and the medical community followed my decisions even if I had no idea what was up or down or right or wrong. Still, both a palliative care nurse and a geriatric specialist suggested hospice to me. My mother’s oncologist had only...
Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance (pt 8)
She had also started talking to us with a shrill, theatrical voice that made her sound like she was extremely sick and weak. I had habitually reminded her to “use her strong voice.” Her response every time was to immediately readjust her pitch and tone and sound like...
Foxtrot: My Mother’s Last Dance (pt 7)
So, we continued to make it happen. But if I had to be completely honest, I felt like I was filling a dog bowl for a pet every time I left her a sandwich to go to work. And her hygiene was poor despite us giving her a sponge bath a couple of times a week, and her...