It’s Graduation Time
In the past week my social life has been busier than usual (being a quiet home-loving type). We had two graduation parties and I had a wedding shower, plus a day with Judy and Ann which is in a category …
Author: Pat
Wakeman 1. The House on Pleasant Street
This post is the official beginning of a series I want to do from my Grandpa Lyle’s memories. My mother, bless her heart, who didn’t think to tell me much about her side of the family and didn’t write much …
My Grandpa Was a Foodie
My grandfather, Lyle Denman, loved food and loved to eat. I think this must have been true all his life. Ok, this doesn’t make him a gourmet but he did like his meals. And was always interested in where food …
Three Brothers Came to America…
Actually, it was two brothers and a sister. And they didn’t come together but at three different times to two different places. From about 1899 to 1905. And there was a friend who became a brother-in-law. They, like many immigrants …
More Civil War stories
Wounded on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863 For this story, I decided to first present the story that Grandpa Lyle remembered being told as a young boy and then to copy what Grandpa Minor had said in his diary. The …