Ever wish you could invite some fascinating historical person to dinner? Read on!
Susan here ~ In honor of my Dad’s 90th birthday yesterday, I’d like to share something he enjoyed doing after a big extended family dinner, usually on a holiday like Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas, though a birthday dinner would do nicely too. We would go around the table and each would say what historical person we would invite to a dinner and why – or, sometimes, who we would choose to be in some long-ago historical time. We’ve passed that along to our kids too, and the game goes on. Every time we have time for a couple of these simple questions, it’s fun, interesting, often hilarious, and we have a great time.
So let’s play – here we are, all gathered around a long dining table after a great dinner (menu—your choice!); candles in the centerpiece still flicker in their holders, the table is scattered with wine glasses, coffee cups, desserts (your choice!) on china plates with silver forks, and napkins are crumpled or still in use. We’re sitting back in comfortable chairs, full and happy, and the question is posed:
If you had a time machine — one that works smoothly, safely by whatever principles and laws of quantum physics govern such things, and which would work perfectly for inviting, transporting and returning guests –who would you invite to visit your home? We could also use this nifty device for traveling to times and places we’d like to visit ourselves, but for now, let’s just try a few guests.
Last time we did this at our house, my oldest son said he’d invite Socrates and
advise him about hemlock, and he’d invite a Shaolin monk from long ago China. The middle son said he’d invite Roland, Charlemagne’s elite knight, or he’d invite Leif Eriksson and ask about discovering North America, or he’d bring in a medieval Samurai lord. My husband wanted to invite Nikola Tesla or Genghis Khan (having seen Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, I’m not sure I want Genghis in the house!).
My own wish list is pretty long, but I’ll share a few top choices:
— Joan of Arc, who has fascinated me since childhood. I’ve read everything I could find about her, and I’m still doing that. So many questions …
— Christine de Pizan, who wrote poetry and treatises in medieval France in order to 
support her children after she was widowed —she not only made a good living, she was one of the earliest feminists. And she wrote about Joan of Arc – great dinner partners!
— Sir Walter Scott, because I adore his house and would love to know more about him, his stories and his knowledge of Scottish history. 
— Lady Macbeth and Margaret of Scotland – because I wrote books about them and I 
would really, really love to know how close I got to the truth!
Who would you invite, and why? And what would you serve for dinner and dessert?
~Susan
I always have trouble with such questions, Susan–my brain tends to go blank, or start wondering if they’ll all speak English, as aliens so conveniently do on TV in series like Stargate. *G* But this time, the name Aphra Behn popped into my mind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) A restoration poet and playwright, she was one of the very first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer. As Virginia Woolf said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Hear, hear! I’d love to share wine with her.
I always have trouble with such questions, Susan–my brain tends to go blank, or start wondering if they’ll all speak English, as aliens so conveniently do on TV in series like Stargate. *G* But this time, the name Aphra Behn popped into my mind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) A restoration poet and playwright, she was one of the very first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer. As Virginia Woolf said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Hear, hear! I’d love to share wine with her.
I always have trouble with such questions, Susan–my brain tends to go blank, or start wondering if they’ll all speak English, as aliens so conveniently do on TV in series like Stargate. *G* But this time, the name Aphra Behn popped into my mind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) A restoration poet and playwright, she was one of the very first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer. As Virginia Woolf said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Hear, hear! I’d love to share wine with her.
I always have trouble with such questions, Susan–my brain tends to go blank, or start wondering if they’ll all speak English, as aliens so conveniently do on TV in series like Stargate. *G* But this time, the name Aphra Behn popped into my mind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) A restoration poet and playwright, she was one of the very first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer. As Virginia Woolf said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Hear, hear! I’d love to share wine with her.
I always have trouble with such questions, Susan–my brain tends to go blank, or start wondering if they’ll all speak English, as aliens so conveniently do on TV in series like Stargate. *G* But this time, the name Aphra Behn popped into my mind. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn) A restoration poet and playwright, she was one of the very first Englishwomen to earn her living as a writer. As Virginia Woolf said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Hear, hear! I’d love to share wine with her.
Oh I know, the pragmatic brain gets in the way for me too! But I figure with Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan (who was Italian but lived in France), I could stumble along in French. Sir Walter Scott probably had a lovely Scottish burr. Queen Margaret spoke Hungarian, Latin and early English, so we might bumble along, and Lady Macbeth – well, I have a Gaelic dictionary. *g*
LOVE Aphra Behn. What a great choice!
If we have a time machine we can have some kind of translating device too, right! 🙂
Oh I know, the pragmatic brain gets in the way for me too! But I figure with Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan (who was Italian but lived in France), I could stumble along in French. Sir Walter Scott probably had a lovely Scottish burr. Queen Margaret spoke Hungarian, Latin and early English, so we might bumble along, and Lady Macbeth – well, I have a Gaelic dictionary. *g*
LOVE Aphra Behn. What a great choice!
If we have a time machine we can have some kind of translating device too, right! 🙂
Oh I know, the pragmatic brain gets in the way for me too! But I figure with Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan (who was Italian but lived in France), I could stumble along in French. Sir Walter Scott probably had a lovely Scottish burr. Queen Margaret spoke Hungarian, Latin and early English, so we might bumble along, and Lady Macbeth – well, I have a Gaelic dictionary. *g*
LOVE Aphra Behn. What a great choice!
If we have a time machine we can have some kind of translating device too, right! 🙂
Oh I know, the pragmatic brain gets in the way for me too! But I figure with Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan (who was Italian but lived in France), I could stumble along in French. Sir Walter Scott probably had a lovely Scottish burr. Queen Margaret spoke Hungarian, Latin and early English, so we might bumble along, and Lady Macbeth – well, I have a Gaelic dictionary. *g*
LOVE Aphra Behn. What a great choice!
If we have a time machine we can have some kind of translating device too, right! 🙂
Oh I know, the pragmatic brain gets in the way for me too! But I figure with Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan (who was Italian but lived in France), I could stumble along in French. Sir Walter Scott probably had a lovely Scottish burr. Queen Margaret spoke Hungarian, Latin and early English, so we might bumble along, and Lady Macbeth – well, I have a Gaelic dictionary. *g*
LOVE Aphra Behn. What a great choice!
If we have a time machine we can have some kind of translating device too, right! 🙂
Usually when I think of meeting people from different times, it’s so I can warn them. I’d love to meet Cleopatra – don’t get involved. Mary, Queen of Scots – don’t write any letters. Anne Boleyn – give in and don’t marry the fat guy!
Usually when I think of meeting people from different times, it’s so I can warn them. I’d love to meet Cleopatra – don’t get involved. Mary, Queen of Scots – don’t write any letters. Anne Boleyn – give in and don’t marry the fat guy!
Usually when I think of meeting people from different times, it’s so I can warn them. I’d love to meet Cleopatra – don’t get involved. Mary, Queen of Scots – don’t write any letters. Anne Boleyn – give in and don’t marry the fat guy!
Usually when I think of meeting people from different times, it’s so I can warn them. I’d love to meet Cleopatra – don’t get involved. Mary, Queen of Scots – don’t write any letters. Anne Boleyn – give in and don’t marry the fat guy!
Usually when I think of meeting people from different times, it’s so I can warn them. I’d love to meet Cleopatra – don’t get involved. Mary, Queen of Scots – don’t write any letters. Anne Boleyn – give in and don’t marry the fat guy!
LOL,Kay, I love it. Joan – wear a dress now and then! Lady Macbeth – let’s be a little more positive! *g*
LOL,Kay, I love it. Joan – wear a dress now and then! Lady Macbeth – let’s be a little more positive! *g*
LOL,Kay, I love it. Joan – wear a dress now and then! Lady Macbeth – let’s be a little more positive! *g*
LOL,Kay, I love it. Joan – wear a dress now and then! Lady Macbeth – let’s be a little more positive! *g*
LOL,Kay, I love it. Joan – wear a dress now and then! Lady Macbeth – let’s be a little more positive! *g*
Very true–universal translators are child’s play aftertime machines. *G*
Very true–universal translators are child’s play aftertime machines. *G*
Very true–universal translators are child’s play aftertime machines. *G*
Very true–universal translators are child’s play aftertime machines. *G*
Very true–universal translators are child’s play aftertime machines. *G*
I’m counting on that translating device. 🙂 My problem is the opposite of Mary Jo’s. My mind is flooded with all the possibilities from literature, history, art, politics . . . I decided to go with three women about whom I have always wanted to know more: Marie de France, a twelfth-century French poet whose history is largely obscure, who wrote a lai (“Lanval”) in which the “worthy, wise and fair” maiden, riding a palfrey, rescues her hapless knight; Margaret Lucas Cavendish a seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and writer of poems, plays, and fiction, who managed to subvert many of the restrictions that would have limited her achievements; Frances Polidori Rossetti, the mother of Victorian poets Christina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (also a Pre-Raphaelite painter) and the lesser known Maria Rosetti, author of a well-regarded study of Dante as well as books on religious instruction and the Italian language, and Michael, an art and literary critic. (I’ve always thought she must have been a remarkable woman since she was responsible for the early education of all four of her children and all the education of her daughters.)
I’m counting on that translating device. 🙂 My problem is the opposite of Mary Jo’s. My mind is flooded with all the possibilities from literature, history, art, politics . . . I decided to go with three women about whom I have always wanted to know more: Marie de France, a twelfth-century French poet whose history is largely obscure, who wrote a lai (“Lanval”) in which the “worthy, wise and fair” maiden, riding a palfrey, rescues her hapless knight; Margaret Lucas Cavendish a seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and writer of poems, plays, and fiction, who managed to subvert many of the restrictions that would have limited her achievements; Frances Polidori Rossetti, the mother of Victorian poets Christina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (also a Pre-Raphaelite painter) and the lesser known Maria Rosetti, author of a well-regarded study of Dante as well as books on religious instruction and the Italian language, and Michael, an art and literary critic. (I’ve always thought she must have been a remarkable woman since she was responsible for the early education of all four of her children and all the education of her daughters.)
I’m counting on that translating device. 🙂 My problem is the opposite of Mary Jo’s. My mind is flooded with all the possibilities from literature, history, art, politics . . . I decided to go with three women about whom I have always wanted to know more: Marie de France, a twelfth-century French poet whose history is largely obscure, who wrote a lai (“Lanval”) in which the “worthy, wise and fair” maiden, riding a palfrey, rescues her hapless knight; Margaret Lucas Cavendish a seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and writer of poems, plays, and fiction, who managed to subvert many of the restrictions that would have limited her achievements; Frances Polidori Rossetti, the mother of Victorian poets Christina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (also a Pre-Raphaelite painter) and the lesser known Maria Rosetti, author of a well-regarded study of Dante as well as books on religious instruction and the Italian language, and Michael, an art and literary critic. (I’ve always thought she must have been a remarkable woman since she was responsible for the early education of all four of her children and all the education of her daughters.)
I’m counting on that translating device. 🙂 My problem is the opposite of Mary Jo’s. My mind is flooded with all the possibilities from literature, history, art, politics . . . I decided to go with three women about whom I have always wanted to know more: Marie de France, a twelfth-century French poet whose history is largely obscure, who wrote a lai (“Lanval”) in which the “worthy, wise and fair” maiden, riding a palfrey, rescues her hapless knight; Margaret Lucas Cavendish a seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and writer of poems, plays, and fiction, who managed to subvert many of the restrictions that would have limited her achievements; Frances Polidori Rossetti, the mother of Victorian poets Christina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (also a Pre-Raphaelite painter) and the lesser known Maria Rosetti, author of a well-regarded study of Dante as well as books on religious instruction and the Italian language, and Michael, an art and literary critic. (I’ve always thought she must have been a remarkable woman since she was responsible for the early education of all four of her children and all the education of her daughters.)
I’m counting on that translating device. 🙂 My problem is the opposite of Mary Jo’s. My mind is flooded with all the possibilities from literature, history, art, politics . . . I decided to go with three women about whom I have always wanted to know more: Marie de France, a twelfth-century French poet whose history is largely obscure, who wrote a lai (“Lanval”) in which the “worthy, wise and fair” maiden, riding a palfrey, rescues her hapless knight; Margaret Lucas Cavendish a seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and writer of poems, plays, and fiction, who managed to subvert many of the restrictions that would have limited her achievements; Frances Polidori Rossetti, the mother of Victorian poets Christina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (also a Pre-Raphaelite painter) and the lesser known Maria Rosetti, author of a well-regarded study of Dante as well as books on religious instruction and the Italian language, and Michael, an art and literary critic. (I’ve always thought she must have been a remarkable woman since she was responsible for the early education of all four of her children and all the education of her daughters.)
I’ll just pick people who spoke English and would be unlikely to try to commit violence at the dinner table. So if this is fantasy time, I’ll choose Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Layton, HG Wells, JRR Tolkien, Cary Grant, Robert Evans, Marilyn Monroe, Michio Kaku and John Lennon. With me, I think the numbers would be even. Jane, Dorothy and Georgette can get into it with each other while Edith referees (a sweet lady who could handle herself), Tolkien, Wells and Lennon can talk with Kaku, Evans and Grant can tell outrageous stories, and Marilyn can circulate. Should be a nice evening. We’ll post it on YouTube.
I’ll just pick people who spoke English and would be unlikely to try to commit violence at the dinner table. So if this is fantasy time, I’ll choose Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Layton, HG Wells, JRR Tolkien, Cary Grant, Robert Evans, Marilyn Monroe, Michio Kaku and John Lennon. With me, I think the numbers would be even. Jane, Dorothy and Georgette can get into it with each other while Edith referees (a sweet lady who could handle herself), Tolkien, Wells and Lennon can talk with Kaku, Evans and Grant can tell outrageous stories, and Marilyn can circulate. Should be a nice evening. We’ll post it on YouTube.
I’ll just pick people who spoke English and would be unlikely to try to commit violence at the dinner table. So if this is fantasy time, I’ll choose Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Layton, HG Wells, JRR Tolkien, Cary Grant, Robert Evans, Marilyn Monroe, Michio Kaku and John Lennon. With me, I think the numbers would be even. Jane, Dorothy and Georgette can get into it with each other while Edith referees (a sweet lady who could handle herself), Tolkien, Wells and Lennon can talk with Kaku, Evans and Grant can tell outrageous stories, and Marilyn can circulate. Should be a nice evening. We’ll post it on YouTube.
I’ll just pick people who spoke English and would be unlikely to try to commit violence at the dinner table. So if this is fantasy time, I’ll choose Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Layton, HG Wells, JRR Tolkien, Cary Grant, Robert Evans, Marilyn Monroe, Michio Kaku and John Lennon. With me, I think the numbers would be even. Jane, Dorothy and Georgette can get into it with each other while Edith referees (a sweet lady who could handle herself), Tolkien, Wells and Lennon can talk with Kaku, Evans and Grant can tell outrageous stories, and Marilyn can circulate. Should be a nice evening. We’ll post it on YouTube.
I’ll just pick people who spoke English and would be unlikely to try to commit violence at the dinner table. So if this is fantasy time, I’ll choose Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers, Edith Layton, HG Wells, JRR Tolkien, Cary Grant, Robert Evans, Marilyn Monroe, Michio Kaku and John Lennon. With me, I think the numbers would be even. Jane, Dorothy and Georgette can get into it with each other while Edith referees (a sweet lady who could handle herself), Tolkien, Wells and Lennon can talk with Kaku, Evans and Grant can tell outrageous stories, and Marilyn can circulate. Should be a nice evening. We’ll post it on YouTube.
As it’s coming up to the centenary of Easter 1916, and I hope to be in Dublin for the commemorations, I’d love to have dinner with Michael Collins, Ireland’s greatest son, who negotiated a peace treaty with the British and presided over the country’s first parliament. Not to mention that he was so charming that even today, he receives Valentine’s cards from hundreds of women every year!
As it’s coming up to the centenary of Easter 1916, and I hope to be in Dublin for the commemorations, I’d love to have dinner with Michael Collins, Ireland’s greatest son, who negotiated a peace treaty with the British and presided over the country’s first parliament. Not to mention that he was so charming that even today, he receives Valentine’s cards from hundreds of women every year!
As it’s coming up to the centenary of Easter 1916, and I hope to be in Dublin for the commemorations, I’d love to have dinner with Michael Collins, Ireland’s greatest son, who negotiated a peace treaty with the British and presided over the country’s first parliament. Not to mention that he was so charming that even today, he receives Valentine’s cards from hundreds of women every year!
As it’s coming up to the centenary of Easter 1916, and I hope to be in Dublin for the commemorations, I’d love to have dinner with Michael Collins, Ireland’s greatest son, who negotiated a peace treaty with the British and presided over the country’s first parliament. Not to mention that he was so charming that even today, he receives Valentine’s cards from hundreds of women every year!
As it’s coming up to the centenary of Easter 1916, and I hope to be in Dublin for the commemorations, I’d love to have dinner with Michael Collins, Ireland’s greatest son, who negotiated a peace treaty with the British and presided over the country’s first parliament. Not to mention that he was so charming that even today, he receives Valentine’s cards from hundreds of women every year!
I’d love to have dinner with Harriet Tubman and hear about her amazing adventures.
I’d love to have dinner with Harriet Tubman and hear about her amazing adventures.
I’d love to have dinner with Harriet Tubman and hear about her amazing adventures.
I’d love to have dinner with Harriet Tubman and hear about her amazing adventures.
I’d love to have dinner with Harriet Tubman and hear about her amazing adventures.
Good one. 🙂 I VERY briefly worked at the hotel in Dublin where he used to hold all his secret meetings, and while I lived in Ireland I made sure to visit as many places connected to him as I could manage.
Good one. 🙂 I VERY briefly worked at the hotel in Dublin where he used to hold all his secret meetings, and while I lived in Ireland I made sure to visit as many places connected to him as I could manage.
Good one. 🙂 I VERY briefly worked at the hotel in Dublin where he used to hold all his secret meetings, and while I lived in Ireland I made sure to visit as many places connected to him as I could manage.
Good one. 🙂 I VERY briefly worked at the hotel in Dublin where he used to hold all his secret meetings, and while I lived in Ireland I made sure to visit as many places connected to him as I could manage.
Good one. 🙂 I VERY briefly worked at the hotel in Dublin where he used to hold all his secret meetings, and while I lived in Ireland I made sure to visit as many places connected to him as I could manage.
Ha! I thought of Anne Boleyn a few years ago when a similar question came up – and for the same reason!
Ha! I thought of Anne Boleyn a few years ago when a similar question came up – and for the same reason!
Ha! I thought of Anne Boleyn a few years ago when a similar question came up – and for the same reason!
Ha! I thought of Anne Boleyn a few years ago when a similar question came up – and for the same reason!
Ha! I thought of Anne Boleyn a few years ago when a similar question came up – and for the same reason!
Happy birthday to your father.
I can never think of favourite figures in these situations. I guess I’m not one of those people who has specific historic figures I admire.
Apparently I’m the only one weird enough to think I’d invite the likes of Stalin and Hitler along and serve poison…
Happy birthday to your father.
I can never think of favourite figures in these situations. I guess I’m not one of those people who has specific historic figures I admire.
Apparently I’m the only one weird enough to think I’d invite the likes of Stalin and Hitler along and serve poison…
Happy birthday to your father.
I can never think of favourite figures in these situations. I guess I’m not one of those people who has specific historic figures I admire.
Apparently I’m the only one weird enough to think I’d invite the likes of Stalin and Hitler along and serve poison…
Happy birthday to your father.
I can never think of favourite figures in these situations. I guess I’m not one of those people who has specific historic figures I admire.
Apparently I’m the only one weird enough to think I’d invite the likes of Stalin and Hitler along and serve poison…
Happy birthday to your father.
I can never think of favourite figures in these situations. I guess I’m not one of those people who has specific historic figures I admire.
Apparently I’m the only one weird enough to think I’d invite the likes of Stalin and Hitler along and serve poison…
I’m envious, Sonya, and I hope to see those places in the spring.
I’m envious, Sonya, and I hope to see those places in the spring.
I’m envious, Sonya, and I hope to see those places in the spring.
I’m envious, Sonya, and I hope to see those places in the spring.
I’m envious, Sonya, and I hope to see those places in the spring.
Thanks for sharing this fun idea–I’m going to ask my sons tonight at dinner! Hope your dad had a good birthday.
Thanks for sharing this fun idea–I’m going to ask my sons tonight at dinner! Hope your dad had a good birthday.
Thanks for sharing this fun idea–I’m going to ask my sons tonight at dinner! Hope your dad had a good birthday.
Thanks for sharing this fun idea–I’m going to ask my sons tonight at dinner! Hope your dad had a good birthday.
Thanks for sharing this fun idea–I’m going to ask my sons tonight at dinner! Hope your dad had a good birthday.
There are so many people from the past I would like to meet, or at the very least see. But I would really like to meet some of my ancestors. Because they lived through different times, which I have read about, but of course will never experience. And of course they will never experience my world either. Being Australian I would have to hve a BBQ, and for desert I would have pavlova. This would give them a chance to mingle with with their ancestors and also their descendants. And happy birthday to your dad – hope he had a good one.
There are so many people from the past I would like to meet, or at the very least see. But I would really like to meet some of my ancestors. Because they lived through different times, which I have read about, but of course will never experience. And of course they will never experience my world either. Being Australian I would have to hve a BBQ, and for desert I would have pavlova. This would give them a chance to mingle with with their ancestors and also their descendants. And happy birthday to your dad – hope he had a good one.
There are so many people from the past I would like to meet, or at the very least see. But I would really like to meet some of my ancestors. Because they lived through different times, which I have read about, but of course will never experience. And of course they will never experience my world either. Being Australian I would have to hve a BBQ, and for desert I would have pavlova. This would give them a chance to mingle with with their ancestors and also their descendants. And happy birthday to your dad – hope he had a good one.
There are so many people from the past I would like to meet, or at the very least see. But I would really like to meet some of my ancestors. Because they lived through different times, which I have read about, but of course will never experience. And of course they will never experience my world either. Being Australian I would have to hve a BBQ, and for desert I would have pavlova. This would give them a chance to mingle with with their ancestors and also their descendants. And happy birthday to your dad – hope he had a good one.
There are so many people from the past I would like to meet, or at the very least see. But I would really like to meet some of my ancestors. Because they lived through different times, which I have read about, but of course will never experience. And of course they will never experience my world either. Being Australian I would have to hve a BBQ, and for desert I would have pavlova. This would give them a chance to mingle with with their ancestors and also their descendants. And happy birthday to your dad – hope he had a good one.
Rather than pick famous people from history (though I wouldn’t mind meeting some of my heroes and heroines like Richard III, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey), I’d invite some of my ancestors — especially those whose parents I haven’t been able to identify!
Rather than pick famous people from history (though I wouldn’t mind meeting some of my heroes and heroines like Richard III, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey), I’d invite some of my ancestors — especially those whose parents I haven’t been able to identify!
Rather than pick famous people from history (though I wouldn’t mind meeting some of my heroes and heroines like Richard III, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey), I’d invite some of my ancestors — especially those whose parents I haven’t been able to identify!
Rather than pick famous people from history (though I wouldn’t mind meeting some of my heroes and heroines like Richard III, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey), I’d invite some of my ancestors — especially those whose parents I haven’t been able to identify!
Rather than pick famous people from history (though I wouldn’t mind meeting some of my heroes and heroines like Richard III, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey), I’d invite some of my ancestors — especially those whose parents I haven’t been able to identify!
My only sure fire success is a pot roast w/potatoes and carrots – chocolate iced brownies w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.
I would like Amelia Earhart and one of my friends who is a pilot; Madam Curie and one of my physician friends to share where her accomplishments have taken us); and Queen Elizabeth the first – all three my childhood heroines.
Elizabeth I, spoke about the weakness and frailty of women but she did so as camouflage – I think she would be fascinated by women pilots, scientists and physicians and bankers.
My only sure fire success is a pot roast w/potatoes and carrots – chocolate iced brownies w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.
I would like Amelia Earhart and one of my friends who is a pilot; Madam Curie and one of my physician friends to share where her accomplishments have taken us); and Queen Elizabeth the first – all three my childhood heroines.
Elizabeth I, spoke about the weakness and frailty of women but she did so as camouflage – I think she would be fascinated by women pilots, scientists and physicians and bankers.
My only sure fire success is a pot roast w/potatoes and carrots – chocolate iced brownies w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.
I would like Amelia Earhart and one of my friends who is a pilot; Madam Curie and one of my physician friends to share where her accomplishments have taken us); and Queen Elizabeth the first – all three my childhood heroines.
Elizabeth I, spoke about the weakness and frailty of women but she did so as camouflage – I think she would be fascinated by women pilots, scientists and physicians and bankers.
My only sure fire success is a pot roast w/potatoes and carrots – chocolate iced brownies w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.
I would like Amelia Earhart and one of my friends who is a pilot; Madam Curie and one of my physician friends to share where her accomplishments have taken us); and Queen Elizabeth the first – all three my childhood heroines.
Elizabeth I, spoke about the weakness and frailty of women but she did so as camouflage – I think she would be fascinated by women pilots, scientists and physicians and bankers.
My only sure fire success is a pot roast w/potatoes and carrots – chocolate iced brownies w/vanilla ice cream for dessert.
I would like Amelia Earhart and one of my friends who is a pilot; Madam Curie and one of my physician friends to share where her accomplishments have taken us); and Queen Elizabeth the first – all three my childhood heroines.
Elizabeth I, spoke about the weakness and frailty of women but she did so as camouflage – I think she would be fascinated by women pilots, scientists and physicians and bankers.
My first thought was Abraham Lincoln, who was my childhood hero.
As a genealogist I agree with the posters above who indicated that they would like to invite ancestors. But I didn’t think of it until they prompted me!
My first thought was Abraham Lincoln, who was my childhood hero.
As a genealogist I agree with the posters above who indicated that they would like to invite ancestors. But I didn’t think of it until they prompted me!
My first thought was Abraham Lincoln, who was my childhood hero.
As a genealogist I agree with the posters above who indicated that they would like to invite ancestors. But I didn’t think of it until they prompted me!
My first thought was Abraham Lincoln, who was my childhood hero.
As a genealogist I agree with the posters above who indicated that they would like to invite ancestors. But I didn’t think of it until they prompted me!
My first thought was Abraham Lincoln, who was my childhood hero.
As a genealogist I agree with the posters above who indicated that they would like to invite ancestors. But I didn’t think of it until they prompted me!
Ooh, ancestors, that’s a great idea! I have a couple of interesting ancestors who are in museums and history books and such. I will add them to my guest list!
Ooh, ancestors, that’s a great idea! I have a couple of interesting ancestors who are in museums and history books and such. I will add them to my guest list!
Ooh, ancestors, that’s a great idea! I have a couple of interesting ancestors who are in museums and history books and such. I will add them to my guest list!
Ooh, ancestors, that’s a great idea! I have a couple of interesting ancestors who are in museums and history books and such. I will add them to my guest list!
Ooh, ancestors, that’s a great idea! I have a couple of interesting ancestors who are in museums and history books and such. I will add them to my guest list!
We’ve played a game a bit like this at home many times at the dinner table. I have three people I’d definitely invite. 1) Jane Austen because I love her books and wish we had a lot more of them. 2)Winston Churchill. I admire the man so much and think only for him the outcome of the War would have been very different. And 3) Wilfred Owen. I’ve been fascinated by the man since I first read his poetry and saw a picture of him. Terribly sad that he died just one week before the end of the war. I’d serve roast beef because it’s the safest dish I know how to cook and for dessert my daughter’s wonderful pineapple upside down cake.
We’ve played a game a bit like this at home many times at the dinner table. I have three people I’d definitely invite. 1) Jane Austen because I love her books and wish we had a lot more of them. 2)Winston Churchill. I admire the man so much and think only for him the outcome of the War would have been very different. And 3) Wilfred Owen. I’ve been fascinated by the man since I first read his poetry and saw a picture of him. Terribly sad that he died just one week before the end of the war. I’d serve roast beef because it’s the safest dish I know how to cook and for dessert my daughter’s wonderful pineapple upside down cake.
We’ve played a game a bit like this at home many times at the dinner table. I have three people I’d definitely invite. 1) Jane Austen because I love her books and wish we had a lot more of them. 2)Winston Churchill. I admire the man so much and think only for him the outcome of the War would have been very different. And 3) Wilfred Owen. I’ve been fascinated by the man since I first read his poetry and saw a picture of him. Terribly sad that he died just one week before the end of the war. I’d serve roast beef because it’s the safest dish I know how to cook and for dessert my daughter’s wonderful pineapple upside down cake.
We’ve played a game a bit like this at home many times at the dinner table. I have three people I’d definitely invite. 1) Jane Austen because I love her books and wish we had a lot more of them. 2)Winston Churchill. I admire the man so much and think only for him the outcome of the War would have been very different. And 3) Wilfred Owen. I’ve been fascinated by the man since I first read his poetry and saw a picture of him. Terribly sad that he died just one week before the end of the war. I’d serve roast beef because it’s the safest dish I know how to cook and for dessert my daughter’s wonderful pineapple upside down cake.
We’ve played a game a bit like this at home many times at the dinner table. I have three people I’d definitely invite. 1) Jane Austen because I love her books and wish we had a lot more of them. 2)Winston Churchill. I admire the man so much and think only for him the outcome of the War would have been very different. And 3) Wilfred Owen. I’ve been fascinated by the man since I first read his poetry and saw a picture of him. Terribly sad that he died just one week before the end of the war. I’d serve roast beef because it’s the safest dish I know how to cook and for dessert my daughter’s wonderful pineapple upside down cake.