Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
We all need something light to read about now, so here’s an entertaining animal story for you involving my mom. Have you ever been around a begging dog? Gosh, they can be annoying can’t they. One evening my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) was in the kitchen frying oysters. Tinker, our cocker beagle, was pestering mom for a tidbit. Mom…
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I’ve looked at the post cards in this blog post several times in the decades I’ve owned them. They previously belonged to Myrtle Virginia HIILARD BURROUGHS (1903-1977), my 1st cousin twice removed. I didn’t understand their humor, but old post cards often have odd humor. This year, though, I wanted to find out more. Leap Day and Irish Tradition According…
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MyHeritage.com has a free-trial of a new photo colorization tool. I had to try it out. It’s so fast, and I’m happy with the results for most of the photos I put to the tool. In the past, I’ve been somewhat unsure about colorizing photos. It seemed disloyal to the original B&W, but I kept an open mind about it….
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I’ve meant to blog, and I’ve wanted to blog, but technology has not been my friend. For the past month I’ve been in the weeds of tech problems: the woes of website maintenance, Windows 10, and my wired internet connection. First, I set out to do website updates. I wanted them done before I updated to Windows 10. Alas, there…
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This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Favorite Photo. The photo below always makes me smile because of the look on the boys’ faces. The smiling one on the left, Carlisle, was not known for being a cheerful person, yet he’s smiling with delight here. The one of the right, Chet, was a happier person but he…
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As you know, historical newspapers fascinate me. The article I’m sharing today was fascinating and jaw-dropping at the same time. It’s from the Greenville Daily News (Greenville, South Carolina), dated 7 January 1920. This execution took place on 2 January 1920 – 100 years ago today. From an article in the Chicago Tribune, I learned that Raffaelo Durrage was the…
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