Anne could hardly comprehend it. But great aunt Ethel with all her faults would have said, "it", Whatever was wrong with Sam, has a name. I got wrangled into Sam's behaviors in 1975 to the extent I swore out papers for his committal, and got stuck with the $100 fee with the county which turned … Continue reading Loose Thoughts Series: I was stunned, he was dyslexic and severely traumatized from it.
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One stop for the Queen in her 1959 visit to Canada – The Stoney Creek Battlefield Monument
Wonderful history to be found online via fun websites, newspapers, historical photographs and homespun memories. Homespun by my Dai for this memory to honor the Queen. In 1959, Dai was in the Stoney Creek Cubs and his group were part of the honor guard when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Stoney Creek Battlefield … Continue reading One stop for the Queen in her 1959 visit to Canada – The Stoney Creek Battlefield Monument
Loose Thoughts Series: I Call It Too Much Prosperity
For 20 years, we watched the "sugar" being shared like it was a good thing. I remember one Christmas and Dai said, if they have sugar for breakfast again, I will not spend the day with them. But he did not get his wish and would not leave me alone with psychotic rams.
The Soup Kitchens
I write about Alabama with calm, but I have never been truly calm inside, writing about Alabama. Like about my great aunt. I didn't "see" her until I was in my 20s. Until then I didn't see much at all of one side of life. I write about her and her sister -- my grandmother … Continue reading The Soup Kitchens
OK, ftDNA has put together a really fun feature for y-DNA
I love it. It has the giggle-while-the-hair-stands-up-on-the-back-of-your-head genealogy rush of fun. And it does not stop there. These readings of a man's y-DNA haplogroup provide fun facts and are understood to be fun facts, only. As with all the bells and whistles of the genetic genealogy that we love to bits, I always say, "If … Continue reading OK, ftDNA has put together a really fun feature for y-DNA
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 