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I grew up in a family that was very connected to their ancestors. At a young age I discovered genealogy. I was greatly inspired by two women from different branches of my family – a great aunt, and my father’s… Continue Reading →
A couple of months ago I shared how I had gotten a concussion. The effects from that were pretty surprising at times. I experienced the typical things anyone might expect: headaches, a little dizziness, and fatigue for the first few… Continue Reading →
As early as August I start to feel it. Even though the sky is still bright, the landscape is full of abundant cornfields, and fall is still more than a month away, there is beneath it all a hint of… Continue Reading →
Well, I started off the month by getting bonked in the head and suffering a concussion. A big heavy mirrored door fell right down and crashed onto my skull. It was not fun. I was initially dazed, a bit dizzy,… Continue Reading →
I was thinking about how I choose where to read tarot when just doing readings for myself. My favorite go-to places were established many, many years ago when I first started reading tarot. Then, I was mostly learning the cards… Continue Reading →
Recently I’ve had to pare down a great deal of personal belongings. I have spent months doing this, going through my bookshelves, cabinets, trunks, bins, and boxes. I’ve gone from collecting to letting go. Among the things I have had… Continue Reading →
Welcome, May, welcome warmer days, welcome green growing things and little flowers budding. May is an exciting month where I live. It’s when we can really count on there not being a snowfall, and can count on temperatures being comfortably… Continue Reading →
Recently my husband and I watched the entire Modern Family series. We hadn’t caught this popular show when it originally aired. We were pretty impressed with how funny it actually was (not overrated, as I had expected). In one episode,… Continue Reading →
No, there is really no picking up where I left off… it would be a reasonable assumption, but in this case, too much has happened. Life changes so quickly – we all know this of course – but sometimes that… Continue Reading →
How many first days of spring do we see snow? Today is the vernal equinox, and as I sit here writing snow is falling outside my window. Yesterday the snow fell softly and melted upon touching the ground. It continued… Continue Reading →