A cheating way to keep pace with my new year’s writing resolution.
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25/52 - Finding Hope and Peace
Take the time to write down or record older people you visit; they won’t be around forever.
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24/52 - Beware the Golden Calf
A few quotes from German Church and Business leaders in the 1930s to remind us of the dangers of trying to appease that which would be crazy by all previous standards.
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23/52 - A slippery slope: 12 months in the life of the Nazi Party
In mid-1932, Germany stood on the brink of fundamental choices about its future.
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22/52 -- A picture’s provenance is worth 1,404 words…well, at least to me
Finding the provenance of old photos isn’t always easy…#genealogy
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21/52 - Grief and Faith
My dad passed away unexpectedly in 1987 at age 62, the day after our son William was born.
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20/52 - Growing up in the Depression
I found some writing by my mom in her things and thought I would post some of her thoughts….
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19/52 - Finding my Irish Great Grandparents
In search of my Irish great-grandparents.
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18/52 - Sliding Doors - 4 - The Aftermath
The trauma of lynching leaves a long tail - one that needs to be viewed through the eyes of the victims, not the perpetrators.
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17-52 - Sliding Doors - 3 - When Worlds Collide
Part Three in my Sliding Doors series - tragedy in Chatham, North Carolina
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16/52 - Pieces of an Irish Puzzle - 1
Did my grandmother leave Ireland because of the war for Independence? Or because of the Civil War?
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15/52 - Sliding Doors (2) - Prologue
The second in a series - the unexpected ways lives intersect can have tragic results.
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14/52 - Sliding Doors (1)
The chance encounters that change lives.
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13/52 -- A Rocky Start for My Grandfather
Much of my grandfather’s later life can be explained by where he started.
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12/52 - Angela's Ashes Averted
How many immigrants returned to their home countries after a frustrating experience with the American Dream?
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11/52 - The [Altered] Photo Heard Round the World
If "photo editing" has been going on for years, why is there a tsunami of interest in “The Mother’s Day Photo?”
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10/52 - Not Every Lottery Win is a Win
When and where you were born is just a matter of luck.
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9/52 - Living Inside Historical Fiction
What does it mean to live INSIDE a historical fiction novel?
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8/52 - Immigrants. We Get the Job Done
Imagine immigrating to the US, and 3 years later you are back in Europe…
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7/52 - Immigration Records are not Always Easy to Come By
Sometimes even an immigration record is not a straightforward thing.
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