Tag: relationships
group name: famiilyhistory
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March 14, 2006 03:51 PM EST --
There at the edge of nothing
someone waits for me.
His essence fills the air
enabling me to breathe.
I draw the life he exhaled
so very long ago,
pull it deep inside
to energize my soul.
. . . more
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March 14, 2006 03:44 PM EST --
Whipping winds and pelting rain
the demons on a rampage again
They wage a losing battle you see
nothing can fell the family tree
A solid icon, brilliant . . . more
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April 06, 2006 07:26 AM EDT --
Do you remember my article of March 28, "In Shame They Live, - polygamous cults, the FLDS, child rape, incest, infanticide, domestic violence"?
Well, here is a follow-up: photos taken of a 1,371 . . . more
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April 04, 2006 12:18 AM EDT --
She was 14 when the Nazis came in the middle of the night to take her father and hang him in the street. Decades later, she saw a photo of him in a book about the occupation.
* . . . more
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April 18, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
In addition to the traditional offerings most generous, doting parents lavish on a child, mine infused a lifeline to their unrestricted generosity. They gave me the world, by allowing me to see . . . more
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May 15, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
When I was four, we went to Sears. You wore seamed stockings, a black dress and a hat with a veil.
All I ever wanted was to try on dresses.
When I was six, I went to kindergarten.
All I ever wanted . . . more
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September 25, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig is a
coming-of-age story about a 13-year old boy, Paul,
who is living in Montana in the early 1890's. When
Paul's mother dies leaving . . . more
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May 20, 2006 03:41 AM EDT --
"If you want to store antique fabrics away, wrap them in linen and keep in a cool dry place. Use acid-free tissue paper, not regular tissue paper. The acids in regular tissue paper can . . . more
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May 19, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
In May of 1976 I took a snapshot of my neighbor, Edith Brock, on the front porch of Cheney-Allard Convalescent Home in the Centralville section of Lowell. I knew very little about her but . . . more
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March 29, 2006 12:24 AM EST --
"Gram, wait until you see the material I just got at Glen's!"
"Oh honey, it'll be perfect. Look at those oranges"
"Well, can we cut it out now?"
"Cut what . . . more
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March 21, 2006 02:19 PM EST --
As a condition of applying for statehood, the Mormon Church in the territory of Utah had to formally renounce the practice of polygamy. Polygamy, or bigamy, as the law is known, was illegal in all states . . . more
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May 11, 2006 09:49 AM EDT --
A Curious Man
Some called Dad a strange duck. Others admired him. Dad had the reputation as a walking encyclopedia. The family had learned early on not to ask him how the water pump (or any other contraption) . . . more
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April 07, 2006 10:09 AM EDT --
Me In Your Eyes
("Me In Your Eyes" was originally written in the mid-80s under the title "Fourth of July". I enjoyed playing it with my friends Ted Yoder and Burle. . . . more
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November 18, 2006 11:58 PM EST --
My mother isn't the only place in which I've gone to, to achieve that sigh of contentment. No, it's been a long time since I've hung something up on Mom's Fridge. I guess . . . more
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September 29, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
Today, a co-worker of mine came up to me and said, "I bumped into your wife this morning." As I understand it the tale is as follows:
Rita was driving down the street in downtown St Paul and . . . more
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May 13, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
When the Fancher party came west to Salt Lake, it was as if their fate were sealed by the temper of the times.
In 1857, the Fancher party was the second largest Gentile wagon train headed west, second . . . more
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November 27, 2006 01:54 PM EST --
This is a picture of my Great-Great Grandfather James Knox Polk Yates and his middle son Gideon.
To some, this may be a revolting picture. But to a genealogist and family historian, it speaks volumes. . . . more
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March 18, 2007 02:45 AM EDT --
Whipping winds and pelting rain
the demons on a rampage again
They wage a losing battle you see
nothing can fell the family tree
A solid icon, brilliant . . . more
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March 24, 2006 01:10 PM EST --
This article started out as being hungry and wishing for the tables full of food we used to have at get togethers at my grandpas place up in the country. I digressed. This isn't how the article . . . more
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April 28, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
Grandma always wore an apron except when she went to town or attended church. I never remember seeing her without it when she was at home. When she came downstairs in the morning, she would take a freshly . . . more
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