A Branch of the Tree
While writing that story about my great-grandmother, I may have become ensnared in the claws of Ancestry.com. It started off with a free trial, and then I got sucked into paying for a month’s...
Category: Family
A New Camera
Well, I’ve already got one thing on my wish list – a new camera – though it isn’t an SLR. The guy at Hunt’s talked me into a more capable (expensive) point-and-shoot – a Panasonic...
On To December
Well I made it through November. The turkeys have been served and completely eaten, and the 50,000 words have been written. All it took was organization, relentlessness, and tenacity. And a little snapping at David...
Family Recipes
Back in 2008, my aunt and my cousin (both through marriage – none of us would have bothered to pull off something like the following) compiled and published a cookbook of family recipes. I’ve been glancing...
Everyone in the Shower for a Picture
Columbus Day weekend was once again spent at the Lake. I’ll get the one bad part over with first. Yes, the dock is in a spot (but perhaps not the best spot) out of...
Birthday Wishes
I know. My second post today. What is the world coming to? But I wanted to wish my grandparents a happy birthday – his yesterday, hers today. And I also just wanted the chance...
The Vermont Contingent
Meet Gail and John. Gail is a sister I met back in 1997 shortly after she turned 40. I remember my mother coming over to my house and asking me back then, “Guess...
The Spice of Life
Weddings one and two are over. So are vacations one and two. Home repairs have been made, and garage doors have been painted. Now for a little bit of the other stuff that has...
The Perfect Family
A bunch of us stuck around the Lake the week after the wedding for a family vacation. And by “bunch”, I mean we were too many to count. The bunch included a food-seeking missile of...
Hitched in a Barn
They were going for casual. They wanted it to be a simple party. But what my brother and newest sister-in-law pulled off was a very elegant wedding, whether they like it or not. She bought...