Karen Armstrong

Billie Holiday is considered one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia and died on July 17, 1959. Billie Holiday struggled in her early life which was why she moved to New York and began her career, but she encountered problems even though she was successful. Billie Holiday did not live in a peaceful home while growing up. Born in Philadelphia, her birth name was Eleanor Fagan. She spent much of her childhood in Baltimore with her…

We have gone to the moon numerous of times since Neil Armstrong walked on the Earth's natural satellite almost 50 years ago on July 20, 1969, with the assistance of aerospace engineers (Dunbar). Now it is time to “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Aerospace engineering has enabled men and women to complete the imaginable. This career consists of two overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Aeronautical engineers work with the principles of physics of…

Timeless “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars,” says Norman Vincent Peale. Madeleine L’Engle’s inspiring story, A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction novel about three kids who journey through time, space, and even dark matter to uncover someone they love who mysteriously disappeared one night years ago. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, is a must read and should be in the Little Free Library because it teaches good lessons and morals to readers, is…

Research Project A comparison of “Koko” and “So What” “Koko” as well as “So What” are two of the most influential and famous pieces pertaining to Jazz. With “Koko” being composed and performed by Charlie “Bird” Parker and “So What” being composed and performed by Miles Davis. These two musicians are no doubt heavily involved in the development of jazz and are two of the most renowned musicians in the world. “Koko” was composed in the early 1940’s, where as “So What” was composed in the late…

Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module(SM) upon which the Command Module (CM) depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to…

I remember sitting in my 7th grade science class watching a videos of the most recent space launches: the “Atlantis,” “Endeavour,” “Discovery,” and “Columbia.” I was especially inspired seeing the female astronauts involved in these missions and wanted to become an astronaut someday. My life did not take me into space exploration, but I’ve continued to be intrigued by it. So I was excited to learn more about the Apollo missions with this assignment. The Apollo programs initiated much of our…

Astronomy is one of my favorite areas of science. I love learning about it and always find it so interesting study. I chose to research the topic of “Space Exploration: Apollo missions” for this project. I think that it is a significant area of science to explore because there is so much that we do not know. There are probably so many things that we have never imagined that we can learn by studying space further and exploring all of the Lord’s beautiful creations. Through the urging of…

I suppose you could say earth was always doomed, these creatures have been planning, strategizing. Perhaps even since man-kind began, there’s no telling. But one thing’s for sure, they’ve been watching us for years. It was October 30th 1939 when these extraterrestrials made themselves known to us humans. I was driving past a suburban area in New Jersey listening to the radio when a professor in Illinois reported seeing 3 explosions happening at equal intervals on mars. I remember Professor…

Art Tatum and peanut m&ms share many of the same characteristics. The hard shell of the m&m is similar to the many challenges Art Tatum faced in his life and the chocolatey filling on the inside that surrounds the peanut is his family always surrounding him with support. Lastly, the peanut in the center is taste of peanut that never fades just like his music. It will never fade through the centuries. Art Tatum had lots of support from his family and friends growing up and was exposed to music at…

This Documentary concerning American jazz trumpeter as well as singer Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong's (known as Satchmo or Pops) basic declaration to his initial life is a fun and incredible read. Composed with extraordinary realism, Louis conveyed a rousing story starting from his origination, to his existence with his grandmother, to his initially cherish (which was extremely disagreeable), to his initially separation (which I believe was beneficial for him), to his initially enterprise…