Community Chat

[Greeneyedlady21]

What's fascinating to me is the beginning of the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the time of President Kennedy and Dr. King. I enjoy asking my mother about all of it and always tell her she was so lucky to witness all of it.

I am attracted to Victorian homes. I wouldn't have wanted to live in that era.

[ROMARY]

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire always pops up in my thoughts.  Very similar to our times, imo.  Over- indulgence of food (vomitariams), sports/coliseums, violence (gladiators/wild animals in arenas), thousands of roman baths (spas/massages), and so on and so on.........So many similarities (minus modern day electronics, but really the same, including mass excitement of 'this and that' and enjoyment of observing violence).  I've been noticing it more and more, the excitement/volatility in our era.

[Hodgemom]

I have always been interested in the 1920's. Would love to have been a young adult living during this Era.

[Pearlee]

@Hodgemom  Have you ever seen Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris?  If not, I highly recommend it to you.  You'll love it!

[Oznell]

Gosh, so many rich topics you all have interests in. Desert Lily, what is the Higgs Boson?   Sounds deep and scientific.

[LilacTree]

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@jeanlake wrote:

Stories from underground railroad

Music of the 60s 

WW2 era and Churchill

history of Hawaiian Islands

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@jeanlake

Read James Michener if you want to learn about the Hawaiian Islands.  His books, including "Hawaii" and 
"Tales of the South Pacific," specifically.  He always starts with a prologue about his subject locales from their earth birth to the present.  They are like poetry. 

Michener was a very prolific writer and I have enjoyed many of his wondrous tales.

[LilacTree]

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@mistriTsquirrel wrote:

Pioneer living interests me.  And learning about things that happened during WWII.  I'm also interested in Frank Lloyd Wright's work and life...particularly Falling Water and the story of how it was designed and built.

I really like modern-day movies that are set in the 50's as well.  There's something about that time period that makes me feel nostalgic.  Maybe I was there in a past life or something. 

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@mistriTsquirrel

I was a teenager in the 50s, Mistri.  I grew up in an innocent time right after the WW II.  We were poor, but I don't remember being afraid of anything.  The "bomb" was the only thing to fear, but my mom told me it would never happen here and I believed her 100%!!

[jaxs mom]

Germany and Scandinavia prior to the conversion

Mughal India

Mohenjo Daro

Iron Age Britain 

Roman Britain

Carpathia

Balkans

Persian Empire

Byzantine Empire

Mycenaean Greece

Minoan Civilization

Classical Athens

Roman Republic

[SilleeMee]

Knights Templar

Viking civilization

Minoan civilization

[Group 5 minus 1]

Did you know that there was an underground railroad during the Vietnam Era? It was in SF and took those who were opposed to the war to Canada.