Linda Osborne Cynowa

‘A Little Taste of a Generous Gift’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Musings for May 4, 2026. In 2017, I went to the Kezar Library in the village of Romeo, to inquire about doing research, for I had been researching my family history, for what would be now about 30 years. I was asked if I would be willing to do the genealogicalContinue reading “‘A Little Taste of a Generous Gift’”

After Writing… What comes next?

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Musings for April 6, 2026. Having seven books published through Arcadia Publishing since 2019, this is the first winter I have gone through without a book pending publication, since then. I would usually become contracted during the fall months and work on the books during the winter months, and then submitContinue reading “After Writing… What comes next?”

The Lost Confederate Submarine

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for Monday 2, 2026 The Secret Hope of the Confederacy, the H.L. Hunley. On 17 February 1864, after months of practice runs and weather delays, the Confederate submarine, under cover of darkness, silently approached USS Housatonic, a 16-gun, 1,240-ton sloop-of-war, on blockade duty four miles off the entrance to Charleston Harbor,Continue reading “The Lost Confederate Submarine”

Lake Michigan’s Frozen Lights

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for February 2, 2016. Frigid temperatures, strong winds, snow and freezing spray have created dramatic ice formations along Lake Michigan’s shoreline, with ice coverage on the lake reaching more than 35% earlier than normal this week. The severe conditions have coated iconic lighthouses in Grand Haven, South Haven and St.Continue reading “Lake Michigan’s Frozen Lights”

History of the United States Lighthouses

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for Monday January 5, 2026 During the colonial period in America, individual colonies provided aids to navigation. In the 17th century they typically used beacons as aids, often lighted. For example, colonists built fires on Beavertail Point to guide vessels at night in Newport, Rhode Island, soon after it wasContinue reading “History of the United States Lighthouses”