Changing Seasons, Changing Perspectives
As a kid, when I was asked to draw a picture of where I lived, I cheerfully drew a house with embellishments of green grass, flowers, bright sun and fluffy clouds in a blue sky, trees with green...
View ArticleMonday Night at the Theatre: Cabaret, Kabarett, and Ute Lemper
Back when I was a kid in the 60s, I remember the tune Cabaret was everywhere on every variety show on TV--it seemed like such fun. "Life is a Cabaret, old chum!" and all that. Needless to say, when I...
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GFHC Open Thread: Battle of Wyoming
Genealogy & Family History Community Leave the blood feuds at home As many in our fair community have noted, genealogy tends to give us insights to historical events we never learned in school. I...
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Posies, Pictures, Perspectives
In the coldest, darkest days of winter, I dream of summer ... of a time I can linger outside, and take normal strides without fear of falling on my you know what. If I had to choose a representative...
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GFHC Open Thread: Family Memories, the Great Depression, National Parks, and...
Genealogy & Family History Community Visit our favorite LINKS, but leave the blood feuds at home As a few of you already know, I recently lost my little brother...only 1-1/2 years after losing my...
View ArticleChanging Seasons, Changing Perspectives Redux
In a diary last May, I posted a number of photos of Minnehaha Park taken over a three month period. The frame of reference was a series taken in the summer of 2011; after a winter drought, photos from...
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Urban Trails, Fall Colors Edition (photo heavy)
So my last diary was a little depressing; this one is a smidge more cheerful. I am fortunate to live in an area with so many beautiful trails dedicated to get you walking or riding your bicycle and...
View ArticleMonday Night at the Theatre: Amateur Hour
Over the years, I've dabbled with a living history group that in turn dabbled in period amateur theatre -- and let me tell ya, the "screw-ups" were half the fun. The other half of the fun was searching...
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GFHC: It cost HOW much?
Genealogy & Family History CommunityVisit our favorite LINKS, but leave the blood feuds at home This is not quite the diary I had intended ... I had intended to write about some of the entertaining...
View ArticleChanging Seasons: A Light Dusting of Snow
This is a brief update to my changing seasons, changing perspectives photo diaries begun earlier this year, using Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis as the focal pointMay 2012September 2012The continuing...
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GFHC Open Thread: Cranky Researchers Edition
Genealogy & Family History CommunityVisit our favorite LINKS, but leave the blood feuds at home It is a truth universally acknowledged that community diaries are a place of refuge from pie fights...
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Changing Seasons: Doing My Best Against SAD and Sad (photo diary)
This time of year is always hard -- short days and inclement weather tend to make me stay inside most of the time, which tends to exacerbate symptoms of SAD. And I have more tangible sadness going on...
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GFHC: 109 Years Ago Today
On March 30, 1904, my paternal grandparents arrived in New York with two very young children -- my uncles (one was 2 yrs old, and the other was 3 months old). They arrived on the SS Finland, which left...
View ArticleGFHC: Genealogy by the Book
No, not the musty, dusty tomes we pore over at the historical society -- I'm talking about genealogy in fiction. Which is completely unrelated to fictional genealogy...cause that would be a whole...
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Changing Seasons? Give me a Break
So we are almost a week into May, and it was still snowing last Friday. I don't care what the calendar says, it isn't "spring" if you are still wearing sweaters under a winter coat. Such is life in...
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GFHC: Dad's School
Genealogy & Family History CommunityVisit our favorite LINKS, but leave the blood feuds at home With a few hours to spare on a recent road trip to Wisconsin, I decided to locate the old two-room...
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GFHC: Researching on the Go
Summer! Time for long family roadtrips ... and, to the horror of many in our friendly little community, traveling companions may insist that there will be No Libriaries! No Courthouses! And Most...
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Driftless Wandering with a Purpose
Even though I've lived in Minnesota for most of my adult life (just never you mind how many years), I've never reconciled myself to how flat much of it is. I grew up in the hills of Wisconsin. In fact,...
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Genealogy - Emergency Spare Edition
Due to technical difficulties, the open thread scheduled for yesterday will appear tomorrow (Sunday) instead.Genealogy & Family History CommunityVisit our favorite LINKS, but leave the blood feuds...
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Blue skies, autumn leaves (photo heavy)
Winter is coming; shorter days, cold temperatures, snow, ice. Which is why you should get out and enjoy the fall while you can. All photos are of the Winchell Trail along the Mississippi River in...
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