BurningbirdUsually our minds turn to dieting when Spring is here and our thoughts are on bathing suits and shorts for the summer. However, a couple of webloggers I know have been talking about dieting lately, and this is something also on my mind. Frank Paynter is on a diet that has him eating plenty of vegetables, but […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. When I was creating symbols to use for my categories, I thought about what would best represent the concept of “Connecting’, one of my categories. To me, connecting is when two or more people have a discussion or reach out to one another in some way. This doesn’t mean that […]
I’m off on new adventures, pursuing new dreams for a time; ones that aren’t found in front of a computer, so I’m putting this weblog on hiatus for the nonce. I am going to miss all of you, more than you’ll know. Thank you for making my life richer. I hope when I restart this […]
Years ago when I was in my 20’s my family received a very cordial letter from a distant cousin who was living in Salt Lake City. She was Mormon and was researching our family’s genealogy and needed some help filling in gaps in our shared ancestry. My Dad answered her questions and sent just as […]
I hadn’t been to a powwow in years and decided to drive down to the Trail of Tears Pow Wow outside of Hopinksville, Kentucky yesterday. The powwow stage was circular with hay bundles surrounding the area for the dancers, and behind them Singer tents and bleachers for non-participants. Tents selling foods and other goods were […]