This is a speech that will be remembered. Transcript Edit (20 Mar 2008): Apparently others think so too. Has any major U.S. politician in modern times ever given a speech about race in America as unflinching, human and ultimately hopeful as the one Barack Obama delivered yesterday? Whether or not the speech satisfies critics of [...]
Archive for March, 2008
A More Perfect Union
Posted in Vote 2008, tagged Obama, Transcript, Video on 18 Mar 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yours Affectionately
Posted in Civil War Letters, Family, Genealogy, tagged Civil War, Genealogy, letters, Prentis Family, Richards Family, Tennant Family, Walford Family on 16 Mar 2008 | 6 Comments »
Most of my family knows I’m a family genealogy buff, occasionally immersing myself for days in a search and then putting it aside again for weeks or months at a time. I’ve been searching for more information on the Walford and Richards branches of the Prentis family lately, nearly exhausting (it seems, but probably not) [...]
Finished Product
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged baking dish, birthday, Zoe on 11 Mar 2008 | 1 Comment »
I think my birthday present turned out very nicely. Thank you.
Bis wir uns wieder treffen.
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged Jenna on 10 Mar 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If my Babel Fish translator hasn’t let me down, my title should translate as “Until we meet again.” Our enjoyable, month-long visit from Jens flew by and ended much too soon with his departure on Saturday. Although we enjoy opportunities that encourage us, as a family, to be more social and outgoing, we’re typically content [...]
Grandma Main’s Journal (Part I)
Posted in Family, Genealogy, Grandma's Journal, tagged birthday, Genealogy, Grandma Main, Main Family, Stephens Family on 09 Mar 2008 | 3 Comments »
My paternal grandmother (Nana) initiated my interest in genealogy when I was ten years old. I had many family stories from her in writing over the years, but didn’t have anything recorded except names and dates from my mother’s side — even though a few stories had been shared orally. For my maternal grandma’s 74th [...]
DMAdventure
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA, Jens' visit, photos on 04 Mar 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For Sunday, we had anticipated a family picnic and outing at the Dallas Arboretum, but mother nature decided to cool things off, spread a few showers, and ruin our plans. Instead, we spent a good part of Sunday indoors visiting the Dallas Museum of Art. Of course, there was much to see that we didn’t [...]
The Fortune Teller
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy, tagged fortune teller, Gram, Mom on 03 Mar 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As politically incorrect as “Gypsy Gyp,” which I called this story growing up, and the description of the fortune teller would be today, this is another tale of my mother’s childhood. To be more appropriate for today, this story should probably be renamed “The Fortune Teller,” although I’ve retained Mom’s original words. From the time [...]
The Mysterious Furnace
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Genealogy, tagged coal furnace, Dad, Granddad, Grumpy, Mom on 02 Mar 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always enjoyed genealogy and sharing family stories with my kids. Now that I’m a Nana, it somehow seems even more urgent (and fun!) for me to record things for prosperity so that our descendants will know the people from whom they came — even if for the most part, they were very “ordinary” people, [...]
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