Marie Antoinette was not French. She was born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was born to Maria Theresa, empress of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.
She was pledged to marry Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI.
Their reign didn't go down in history very well. She was beheaded by the Revolutionary Tribunal. This is the same revolution led by Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary tribunal ended the French Monarchy.
Napoleon, as I have written in previous posts, is the weak link in the chain. It was Napoleon who sold the Louisiana Territory to the fledgling United States in 1803. Napoleon did not even lift a finger to fight for France's territories. He straight away signed on the dotted line and handed the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.
See my post "Cinco de Mayo," dated May 5, 2017.
Marie Antoinette was beheaded by the Revolutionary Tribunal. The French Monarchy ended and Napoleon took power, he sold out to the United States and the French and Spanish Empire in the New World ended.
Marie Antoinette is the one credited for the phrase "Let them eat cake."
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dark Day
The California fires we have been having these last several weeks are really taking their toll on our atmosphere.
I slept in today. First I woke up around 6:30 am but decided that I didn't really want to get up. So I simply rolled over and fell asleep again. Damn! I slept another six hours! When I woke up again it was a little past 12:30 pm.
It was mid-day but as I looked around my room I noticed that it was dark. As if it was just before sunrise. I looked at the window and noticed that it was dark. It definitely didn't look as if it was mid-day.
I immediately got out of bed and went to the window and pulled open the curtains. Wow! It was dark and grey outside. I had to see this so I got dressed and rushed out the door to the porch. I looked around and saw that the sun was not even visible through the overcast and smoke.
Here in the Bay Area overcast skies are common but enough sunlight makes it through so that the day isn't dark. But today was different. Due to the smoke from the northern California fires the day was exceptionally dark.
I slept in today. First I woke up around 6:30 am but decided that I didn't really want to get up. So I simply rolled over and fell asleep again. Damn! I slept another six hours! When I woke up again it was a little past 12:30 pm.
It was mid-day but as I looked around my room I noticed that it was dark. As if it was just before sunrise. I looked at the window and noticed that it was dark. It definitely didn't look as if it was mid-day.
I immediately got out of bed and went to the window and pulled open the curtains. Wow! It was dark and grey outside. I had to see this so I got dressed and rushed out the door to the porch. I looked around and saw that the sun was not even visible through the overcast and smoke.
Here in the Bay Area overcast skies are common but enough sunlight makes it through so that the day isn't dark. But today was different. Due to the smoke from the northern California fires the day was exceptionally dark.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
French in My Background
After taking a couple of DNA tests it turns out that I do indeed have some French in my background.
Not very much.
Mostly I have way more Native American and Spanish.
But somehow through my maternal lineage I'm distantly related to Marie Antoinette.
This doesn't surprise me. I knew that the French indeed made it into Mexico. That they somehow made it into my family I did not know.
But circumstances weren't always favorable to them.
See my posts:
Cinco de Mayo, posted May 5, 2017
Friday the 13th & A Full Moon September, posted 13, 2019
One day I and my brother in-law were talking about Mexican history. I brought up the subject of how the French had made the New World Anglo Saxon.
Later I found out that he was about 15% French.
Last year I went to Mexico for the very first time in about 40 years.
See my posts:
"Off to Mexico, I went," and "The Cemetery," posted January 17, 2020
I had the opportunity to see my favorite cousin again. In one of our conversations she said that she is part French.
WTF!!!!!
I eventually had the opportunity to have a beautiful conversation with her. And she confirmed to me that she indeed is part French.
This all left me dumbfounded.
After all the crap that I said about France it turns out that I have relatives with a French background and that I myself am distantly related to Marie Antoinette.
You gotta see my next post "Marie Antoinette."
Not very much.
Mostly I have way more Native American and Spanish.
But somehow through my maternal lineage I'm distantly related to Marie Antoinette.
This doesn't surprise me. I knew that the French indeed made it into Mexico. That they somehow made it into my family I did not know.
But circumstances weren't always favorable to them.
See my posts:
Cinco de Mayo, posted May 5, 2017
Friday the 13th & A Full Moon September, posted 13, 2019
One day I and my brother in-law were talking about Mexican history. I brought up the subject of how the French had made the New World Anglo Saxon.
Later I found out that he was about 15% French.
Last year I went to Mexico for the very first time in about 40 years.
See my posts:
"Off to Mexico, I went," and "The Cemetery," posted January 17, 2020
I had the opportunity to see my favorite cousin again. In one of our conversations she said that she is part French.
WTF!!!!!
I eventually had the opportunity to have a beautiful conversation with her. And she confirmed to me that she indeed is part French.
This all left me dumbfounded.
After all the crap that I said about France it turns out that I have relatives with a French background and that I myself am distantly related to Marie Antoinette.
You gotta see my next post "Marie Antoinette."
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