Since Mrs. Desperado and I have been going to the Dickens this Christmas season, we jumped at the opportunity to a local theater production of A Christmas Carol even if it was a humorous adaptation. We’ve attended many productions at the Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria and though the quality has varied, we’ve enjoyed them […]
We associate holidays with a lot of things: with family, time off from work, food, celebration, and travel. But we often forget the history behind them. That was part of their original purpose, to keep our connection with the past and who we are as a people. It’s a lot more than just rah-rah propaganda […]
America’s flag is unique among national flags in that it’s dynamic, mandated to reflect the number of states in our political union. As the country expanded, there have been 26 official versions of the flag. Contrast this with Britain’s Union Jack which has been in its present form for 218 years. The reason I bring […]
Being a history buff, I love to post old family photos, and I figured a military theme would be appropriate for Memorial Day. I come from a long line of civilians, however. Nobody in my family got drafted. As farmers, the food we produced was critical to the war effort. So I swiped some very […]
Today is the BICENTENNIAL of the birth of England’s famous Queen Victoria. Victoria reigned over the British Empire from 1837 to her death in 1901, giving her name to the Victorian Era. She was the first monarch to bear the title Empress of India. Her reign was longer than any of her predecessors until the […]
The interesting and tumultuous year of 2018 has finally come to an end. It was a challenging year for Arlys and me, but we got through it. During the year we posted 118 articles here at Steampunk Desperado, over half of them being reviews of books, movies or TV shows. We also began our YouTube […]
