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Category Archives: Favorites
O is for Obituary
Family Search has declared 2014 the Year of the Obituary! Follow the link for videos, blog posts and other useful information on getting the most from obituaries. [This is also a plug asking for volunteers to do indexing on these obituaries … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Family, Favorites, Genealogy & Family History, Good Old Days, Half-full, Spirituality, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, caroling, Christmas, Desert Storm, family, genealogy, Gulf War, history, obituaries
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L is for Libraries!
There are lots of reasons to love a library. Here’s a few of my favorite libraries for genealogical research: American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA. This is the largest collection of U.S. printed material to 1876 in the United States. It has … Continue reading
Posted in A-Z Challenge, Family, Favorites, Genealogy & Family History, Spirituality, Synchronicity, Travel
Tagged a-z challenge, family history, genealogy, libraries
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10 Thankful Things
I’m thankful this week for all the wonderful things I’ve learned from fellow bloggers! 1. The meaning of many British colloquialisms that have addled my brain for some time, from Tizzy over at Creative Therapy. like Treacle, and Tippex and Stroppy… … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Good Old Days, Half-full, Serendipity
Tagged 10 things of Thankful, blogging, gratitude
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Top Ten Gateway Books
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. If you want to play along, post a link on their site to your blog post and then post a link to them from your blog. This week I’m listing the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Favorites, Life Lessons, Synchronicity
Tagged books, Dostoevsky, Edward Gorey, Hesse, Jeannette Walls, literature
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My Top Ten Book Quotes
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. If you want to play along, post a link on their site to your blog post and then post a link to them from your blog. 1. “Despite his money and his … Continue reading
A Rose by a Very Different Name
The Rose has much to brag about A beauty unsurpassed But if the rose be cut or not Its beauty does not last. Your beauty on the other hand Goes well beyond the rose The only word to sum it … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Family, Favorites, Synchronicity
Tagged family, Jossit, poetry, rose, valentines
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Windows of Heaven
“Ding-dong!” I opened the door to see my daughter holding a bottle of turmeric she’d borrowed and a $5.00 bill, which she had owed me. She was feeling proud of herself for “paying her debts.” She came in and I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Favorites, Life Lessons, Spirituality, Synchronicity
Tagged blessings, God, offerings, tithing, types and shadows, windows of heaven
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My Top 10 Tear-jerker Reads
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. If you want to play along, post a link on their site to your blog post and then post a link to them from your blog. 1. The Shoemaker’s Wife … Continue reading
Modern Interpretive Art
My daughter had these scrap strips of paper and her daughter (my talented, creative 6-year-old granddaughter) took them and created a montage of the Christmas Story. Top left: The Three Wise Men Follow the Star; top middle: Mary & Joseph … Continue reading