Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want. – Kristin Armstrong We just had the first hard freeze of the season. Although summer ended and autumn officially began September 21, […]
Lath and Porcelain – Leftovers From the Attic
What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, We plant the studding, the lath, the doors, The beams and siding, all parts that be; We plant the house when we plant the tree. by the American author, Henry Abbey […]
The Practicality, Mystery and Beauty of An Attic
“As the years pass, I keep thinking that our greatest lack today is attics. Modern homes never have them, with the result that young people live only in their own generation, feeling no intimate connection with the past. Their roots will go deeper if their homes have attics?” from “More Than Petticoats” – the chapter on […]
Finding Lost Family Members – Or Not….
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing – Wernher von Braun In a post about a circa 1907 family reunion on the Rightmeier homestead in Jewell County, Kansas, I mentioned a great great uncle, August, we had lost track of. A friend who has a gift for finding lost family on the Internet […]
How To Uncover Fake News – Discovering Family Lineage Secrets
Fake News? The thing that interests me most about family history is the gap between the things we think we know about our families and the realities. – Jeremy Hardy In a recent post about a circa 1907 family reunion on the Rightmeier homestead in Jewell County, Kansas, I mentioned a great great uncle, August, […]