A very humble thank you to Heather Kuhn Roelker at Leaves for Trees and   Iowa Girl at Iowa girl Memories .  Both kindly nominated   me for...

About six to eight weeks ago I noticed that one of my posts was being viewed a disproportionate number of times.  It was my post, At the End...

Let me first explain that I have an aversion to facebook.  Maybe it is because I am too old ,but it has always seemed so confusing and is al...

The Artsy Craftsy Christmas Creche Originally posted 19 Dec 2010 In our house, Christmas was always home made.  It might have been...

With no time on my hands, and a feeling of guilt over my lack of posts, I am recycling some of my Christmas posts from past seasons.  Since ...

There is good news and bad news.  I have "saved searches" on eBay just in case something related to my ancestors might come up.  I...

I admit that I am particularly fond of old family photographs.  A photograph somehow makes my unknown relatives more real. . . their relat...