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A Pleasant Surprise… Receiving a text from cousin, Michael (Mary Sue’s son) yesterday came as quite a surprise! As you know I am deep into writing the history of the…

Leaving today and as the time draws near, I pause and wonder why I love to head for the hills. Many of my ancestors loved to return to the mountains,…

A Truism? Over three hundred years ago Daniel Defoe, famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, implied that the good die young, and the bad die later. This thought has become a…

Milestone & Miracle Today my father turns 97. An amazing milestone, though people over 85 are the fastest growing segment of the population. According to the 2019 Profile of Older…

Milestones Our Roman ancestors were a clever lot. Among other things, they came up with the idea of milestones. The first Roman milestones appeared on the Appian way. At Centre Rome…

Italian Sweet Pies The Italian word TORTA means both cake and pie. In my family it always means a delicious sweet pie. Of the three sweet tortas most often served,…

Funny Men Every family has a stand-out great uncle, one who would always brings a smile or a laugh when around. My friend, Lorraine, writes … “I have a great…

Aunt Dorina I first learn about great aunts when I am five years old. One day, in the mail, my mother receives a bulging envelope from a Louisville relative. Sitting…

2020 – What a Bummer! Have you ever been really down due to illness, pain or both? Then, in a moment of deep depression, a friend comes along and talks…

GOOBLE, GOOBLE Turkey, what an interesting word. A turkey by definition is “a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male)…