Check out the latest on We Are Such Stuff IV

I have posted two more pieces on my new blog, We Are Such Stuff IV! 1942: Dad promoted to midshipman, a continuation of my father’s letters to my mother when he was in New York during naval training; and Thomas prepares for the ministry, 1802-1806, which is the second installment of the first chapter of […]

Naval training 1942-1943, Dad’s letters home, part 2

This post can be found here. Lots of interesting information about what life was like for Navy trainees!

Naval training, 1942-1943

Read my father’s first letters to my mother, one from the train and the second following his first day of training. Then you can check out other posts on my new blog, We Are Such Stuff IV!

World War II: Dad joins the Navy

This post is on my new blog, We Are Such Stuff IV. Come on over and check it out!

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Early spring

It was only three years ago tomorrow that we had a string of very warm days – on March 21, it reached 80 degrees (F)! I was wearing capris to work all week, and on that day, March 21, I took a walk around the neighborhood of the school I worked at in Elmhurst, a […]

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall Smither Park – Houston, TX. My husband and I visited this park (actually, we found it by chance!) in June of 2013. This park has a variety of conceptual installations being planned. The Memory Wall has several sections, with different artists working on each one. (There is a sign […]

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Jordan the Boy Scout

My grandnephew, Jordan Sweet, turned 17 this past Wednesday. We have spent time with his family celebrating his birthday every year for several years now. Unfortunately, other commitments keep us from being able to celebrate with him this weekend. In recent years, he has combined his invitation for us to celebrate his birthday with his […]

A Word a Week Photo Challenge: Raindrop

A Word in Your Ear has a weekly photo challenge based on a word selected (at random?) from a dictionary. This week the word was “raindrop.” OK, I know I’ve posted this photo before, but this challenge allows me to focus on the most fascinating aspect of it, which is all the tiny things that […]

My New Blog – Come See!!

Today I posted my first post on my new blog: We Are Such Stuff IV! I hope you will follow this link and see how it’s going! This blog will be an ancestral history of immigration, abolitionism, war, and family ties. It concerns my father’s mother’s ancestors and starts around the year 1800. The title […]