by Libby J Atwater In 2003 a colleague asked me to write the story of noted 20th figure Horace Dade Ashton, a renaissance man, and…
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Welcome to Villarosa
Excerpt from The Spirit of Villarosa Marc “Butch” Ashton Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 5, 2001 Roosters crow incessantly, and the pleasant aroma of strong coffee cooking…
July 29,1883
By Denea Buckingham On Sunday, July 29, 1883 a baby was born in an open sailboat in the middle of the Potomac River. That little…
Meeting Horace Ashton
by Libby J. Atwater Horace Ashton had been dead for 27 years when we first met. The man known as “The Spirit of Villarosa” did…
The Panama Canal
On Sunday, June 26, 2016, a Chinese freighter transited the expanded Panama Canal. The man who inaugurated the canal nearly 110 years ago, President Theodore…
The 1906 San Francisco Quake
On April 18, 2016, the city of San Francisco marked the 110th anniversary of the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history. Photographer Horace Ashton rushed to…
Rasputin
Can you imagine discussing religion with Rasputin, spiritual advisor to Czarina Alexandra, the wife of Nicholas II of Russia? When Horace Ashton traveled the world…
Nature and People – the White Cattleya Orchid
Have you ever wondered where the beautiful blooms of the white cattleya orchid that we enjoy today originated? In 1906 two young Englishmen accepted a…
Serving One’s Country
On this Memorial Day we remember those who served our country, many of whom sacrificed their lives. Horace Dade Ashton served the United States in…
The Boca Raton Observer
The September issue of the Boca Raton Observer magazine contains a lovely article by journalist Lisa Kaplan Gordon. The article ‘Like Father, Like Son’ tells…