I retired from teaching after 33 1/2 years teaching 6th grade social studies. (World Cultures). I have been writting professionally for over 25 years and I have written six books for teachers and young people and write often for Scholastic News, Super Science,
Travel Back in Time to Michigan's Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel A movie brought me to Mackinac Island. Ever since watching the 1980 movie, Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, set and filmed on the island, I've wanted to see the Grand Hotel and sit on what is called the world's largest por... More..
A Meeting with the PastFor the past twenty-five years or so, this woman has been making my life very unpleasant. A year ago, I decided that it was finally time to have a confrontation, to finally come to terms with her. It was on an beautiful sunny August day, that I met this woman, who I came to learn was named Judy, she was... More..
What Ever Happened to the Mayflower? Ever wonder what became of the Mayflower, the ship which took 102 Pilgrims over the Atlantic to North America in 1620? If you are expecting to find it docked to some pier, or in a museum, you'd be wrong. That's because the Mayflower most likely ended up as scrap wood and may have ended up... More..
Gail Hennessey
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