BLOG PARTY Hello, Sweet, January. Just Passin’ Through, Again? 14 Jan 2019March 8, 2022 Every New Year, it is the same thing: what can I do to expand/add to my genealogy research, or my blog? And every New Year, I focus on Change TAKING INVENTORY…
BLOG PARTY The October Harvest of Cousins 31 Oct 2018October 31, 2018 October is always busy in any home. Summer winds down and Fall saunters in, when the children go back to school, but, if you are empty nesters like MiLady and…
BLOG PARTY Home Schooled in DNA 30 Sep 2018January 18, 2019 It is definitely an experience. An extremely steep learning curve, if you do not possess a science degree. (I keep a large bottle of painkillers nearby to make up for my…
BLOG PARTY A Bit of Work, A Hospital Stay and A New DNA Cousin 15 Aug 2018March 8, 2022 This month has been a whirlwind of commotion: I found gainful employment (four days before MiLady's re-scheduled surgery!); and the day before I landed that job ... a new DNA…
BLOG PARTY A Gift of Mother’s Love 2 May 2018March 8, 2022 © originally written 2001 (private) - unpublished The six children of Victoria, five daughters and a son; Were kept close to her heart that favoured no certain one -- Over…
BLOG PARTY Stolen: One Garden Trowel 18 Apr 2018March 8, 2022 It was Autumn. 1972. Mama Rabbit was preparing dinner, when I blustered through the door bringing in a swirl of fallen leaves and discarded candy wrappers. We found Papa John…
BLOG PARTY The Untimely Return of The Time Capsule Challenge 1 Apr 2018March 8, 2022 As a long-standing member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, I lapsed a few years while I was serving overseas, but have kept re-newing since my return home, and later, re-location…
BLOG PARTY Snowy was Lookout 4 Mar 2018March 8, 2022 It was mid-July 2001, and MiLady’s visit to Ontario was ending. The 90-minute car ride to the aeroport was sullen. Very odd when you think of three little boys, all…
BLOG PARTY Shaping Up with Nostalgia 30 Jan 2018March 8, 2022 “Rabbit? RABBIT!” the Olde Banshee wailed, before poking me in the ribs. Startled, I poorly managed to stay in my chair. “Oh, you’re NOT dead,” she pouted. “Nostalgia! I’m trying…
BLOG PARTY You may call me, “Sir” 23 Sep 2016March 8, 2022 Me? A teacher?!? Oh, you poor Dearies, *what* were you thinking?!? (And was drinking involved?)? It would be a very odd classroom, you know; a circular bar in the middle…
BLOG PARTY… Fearless Females (27): Big Sister 27 Mar 2013March 8, 2022 March 2022 Women's History submission to Family Heart Blog Party I do not possess any documentation of their journey, nor proof of their lands and losses, but stories exist of…