Research * Send for any birth/marriage/death records still in the Scheier 2011 folder, from LDS. * Write notes to two possible living Scheier relatives. * Update family summary for Scheier family, to see what I now know and what I …
Is it just me, or is there something about this year, in particular? It seems there are so many 100-year anniversaries of note this year – already, and it is only April. What was it about 1912 as a time …
Here’s how my April 15th went. Visited grumpy son–bailed him out of relatively minor credit card debt. Spoke to grumpy daughter- Navy boyfriend has just left for 9 months in Qatar. Finished the taxes–more or less. Grumped a lot. …
I think my earliest memories of hearing about the Depression came from tidbits my mother shared when I was little. I don’t really remember her first reference to it – it may have been related to doing without something we …
Once again I am writing this blog surrounded by construction debris and piles of dust. Having unearthed my computer from its protective cocoon of plastic wrap has allowed the dust to colonize yet another area of the house and …