9th
June
2017
Oh, my aching head! I took the day off from newsfeeds, and when I stumble back within range, what do I learn? Well, predictable things. The Prez has refuted the testimony (was that only yesterday) of the former FBI guy. Claims that it is all lies, that none of it happened, and if it did it happened in another way. There really are parallel universes! So, what’s next?
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25th
May
2017
When a simple statement by someone else breaks down a genealogical “brick wall”, a bell should ring. Loudly. At a recent meeting, while chatting about an ancestor, one of the local resource people said that the person was a Glendalale Settler. And there it was. Documented. In that book that had come home back at the end of last summer to rest by the bedside.
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6th
May
2017
Homer warned me. About the sirens’s call, I mean. Enticing enough to have me shoal up on unseen rocks. Or to bleed my wallet… In this case, I’m referring to the subscription site, Ancestry. Where all my questions will be met with little green leaves, growing my research trees from tiny shrubs into mighty oaks.
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30th
April
2017
I should know better than that: reading a great food blog, on an empty stomach. The article, which deals with iconic foods in the area, has me wanting more than I can find in an empty fridge. Imagine spending the day in local restaurants, and then taking the nearest ferry and repeating the routine (tomorrow) as you make your way eastward to yet another ferry. Then, spending a few more days (on the Rock). Sounds like a plan for summer. Oh yes, the blog address: www.eatthistown.ca
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28th
April
2017
Part of my interest in genealogical research is the chance to glean detail from local history. Tie a name to a place, etc. This morning, with nothing more pressing on my agenda, I decided to see just how easy the discovery process can be.
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13th
March
2017
I’m going to have to find more exciting things to do with my day. Right now, I’m starting to identify (closely) with selected lyrics from the music of my youth. An example:
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4th
March
2017
As someone that had to move from one community to another, often, I have to wonder. What is it like to always live in one area? In genealogy terms, to fill in the three slots (Birth, Marriage, Sepulture) with a single placename.
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18th
October
2016
My first visit to a public library happened in the early part of the ’60s; I was so impressed that I’ve never stopped making periodic visits to whatever branch happened to be closest to my reading nook. Seriously. Hard to argue with the fundamental concept of books, for free.
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15th
May
2016
Finally, some rain. Enough that I can look out, and point with conviction, while assuring others here that we are not in a period of drought. Actually, it saves me dragging a double length of hose around the yard, trying to spot any flower that might be at a risk of drying out and requiring storage in one of those special books they used to keep for specimen collections.
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17th
April
2016
At first, it seemed like a plan. Put everyone in the car and head off to explore new places. Perhaps wander through a “paper town”. Of course, plans change, and when the car left the lot, we were down to two. The dog may forgive us, some day…
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