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Recent Posts: Everyone Has a Story
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 19 (May 6 – 12) Preserving Mama’s Memories…
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 18 (April 29 – May 5) Love and Marriage…
2024: Z … A to Z of my DNA and Me: Zee DNA Results of the Granddaughter’s… Finally, In!
2024: Y … A to Z of DNA and Me: Y (Why) Did Ancestry Miss These “DNA” Traits?
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2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 5 (Jan. 29 – Feb. 4) … Influencer’s in My Life
I “first” joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on its “first” year in 2014… and what a whirlwind year that was… writing, editing, researching daily for 365 days! As much as I wanted to continue the following year, I found that I didn’t … Continue reading →
Happy New Year: Welcoming in 2024… and more
Usually, I don’t make New Years resolutions… and you know why! But this year I have at least two that I will strive to accomplish… one, in writing all 52 stories in the yearly 52 Ancestors 52 Stories and also … Continue reading →
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My Favorite Posts of 2023… and more
I always enjoy looking back through my posts at the end of the year… choosing favorites I truly enjoyed writing and remembering events that made my year. Maybe one day I won’t be remembering so much anymore… and then I … Continue reading →
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Craft Junkie: Knitted Dancing Dolls
As soon as I came across this pattern of Knitted Dancing Dolls by Terry White… I was hooked! I knew they would make a perfect gift for granddaughters for our Xmas in July (2023)… especially as all five granddaughters would … Continue reading →
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Monthly Musings: 2022 September Rememberings
Summer is slipping away… and way too fast. While the mornings are nice and cool, often warming up during the day… it’s in the air that fall is coming. I look at the trees and see the lackluster in their … Continue reading →
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Monthly Musings: 2022… June/July/August Summer Catch-Up!
After my daily blogging in April, I took the summer off from pounding the keys… to sitting daily along the beach boardwalk… enjoying the sound of the waves slapping at the shore! I often thought of all the blog posts … Continue reading →
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Monthly Musings 2022: May Chit Chat…
What better way to start the month off with an anniversary… No. 51 for us this year… and still very much in loved. We do everything together, just like we have done from day one. He is my best friend… … Continue reading →
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Monthly Musings: 2022… April Musings
As usual, April is a whirlwind month for me… even before arrivng… and mainly due to my yearly join of the April A to A writing challenge… of daily blogging! As I hadn’t planned my theme early enough to prepare, … Continue reading →
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2022… K: A to Z April Challenge: Time Traveling… Key Posts of 2020
YooHoo… I’m super excited to be back with everyone in the “7th” April A to Z Challenge… and my theme is “Time-Traveling” through my blog – “Everyone Has a Family Story to Tell“. If you have stumbled upon this post … Continue reading →
2022: C… A to Z April Challenge: Time Traveling… C of “All About Me”
Letter C… of All About Me… Letter C…. of All About Me, is from a post I wrote bi-monthly in a yearly writing challenge; there is a link at the end if you’d like to read more. I first thought … Continue reading →