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odds and ends

Posted on April 10, 2009 by K

Here is something you don’t want to find in your house: Yes, we found it in ours.  Out in the studio.  Nasty, eh?  Had to replace the whole box.  Glad we caught it.  Knocking on wood.   Here’s something I … Continue reading →

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Old Letters 2

Posted on March 9, 2009 by K

It’s a small pile of yellow, fragile letters.  One of them, from one of Nana’s suitors (written on Feb 5th, 1924) is deeply earnest: “Such a awful name but you’re a thief?! You stole my heart, and I feel miserable … Continue reading →

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Old letters 1

Posted on March 9, 2009 by K

I am a genealogist.  Well, a sort of lapsed one.  Like a person who isn’t shaking at the moment is a lapsed Malaria sufferer.  I suppose that someday I’m going to have to actually sit down and write about doing … Continue reading →

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