Coming Down the Tracks

January 2, 2011

Coming down the tracks in my mother-in-law’s hometown of Noble, Oklahoma in March 1976 was the American Freedom Train. The …

Time capsules

February 3, 2009

My parents rarely treated me like I was a child, when I was a child. I suppose some of that …

January 27, 2009

The other day I was thumbing through my vertical file cabinet and tucked away was this postcard. I have a …

January 24, 2009

My family camped occasionally beginning just about as early as I have memories of anything. My paternal grandparents also camped …

September 2, 2008

As far back as I can really remember I had an interest in my family history. Perhaps it stemmed from …

September 1, 2008

We moved to Long Beach, California in the fall of 1968 (I was eight) and lived there until about June, …

August 29, 2008

This photo, taken about 1966, is my favorite one of Grammy. I thought she was so pretty. When I was …