Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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From Africa to Jamaica
An analysis of correspondence, shipping records and contemporary newspaper reports reveals the innovation of turning scrap iron into wrought iron, which is mass produced today, was first developed in the 1700's by 76 black Jamaican metallurgists at an ironworks near Morant Bay, Jamaica. Many of these metalworkers were enslaved people trafficked from west and central Africa, which had thriving iron-working industries at the time.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Earth
Somewhere in time
I would like to be in the shoes of the likes of the American naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, who spent exactly two years, two months, and two days in a remote cabin he built near Walden Pond, a lake in Concord, Massachusetts, where his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a woodland. Thoreau used this time to write his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in History
Becoming a Spy Woman
I am a spy woman. I was born 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The eldest of four children to Antje van der Meulen and Adam Zelle. I had three younger brothers; Johannes, Arie, and Cornelis. Both of my parents were Dutch. My father owned a hat shop, made investments in the oil industry, and became affluent enough to give me and my siblings a lavish early childhood, which included exclusive schools, until the age of 13.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in History
Tintinnabulation...sound...noise, transcending into silence
To find the centered peace for which my soul fervently yearns, I would be thus encouraged to find myself the Kundalini master of the universe. Thus Centering my Chakras and Chi. In so doing I might also help all of those so inclined to find the peace and harmony required to mold this inharmonious worldly existence of ours, into centered happy vessels. In doing so, I may hopefully aid the unhappy suffering, noisy, clamoring mass of humanity which I am fortunately or unfortunately, finding myself a member of.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in History
I would be the Amazon Queen, Otrera
I was ready for battle as I sat astride the most beautiful of white horses which I have named Fury. Her name complimented her fiery hot temper. Fury reared and bucked against the weight upon her back. She was ready to ride, had been idle for days and showed her impatience.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in History
Comedy Roasting on AI's. We all know that AI has already taken us over! Right? One woman Sitcom E2.
We don't really need Elon Musk's chip in our heads to obey the commands of the AI's. We are already obeying them by telepathy, mind control and our total dependency on technology. You may be laughing right now, but; tell me:
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Humor
