Category: Don’t Try This

The Web

This entry is part 24 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

This little quote replaced the then current earworm in my head the other day: Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!1 You might want to know that I really don’t think our ancestors were attempting to deceive me. Anyone who ever heated their home with wood, or tried to …

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I Did It! (Almost)

Remember the box, and the resolution to enter all the data into my genealogy database? On June 6th, I checked how I was doing, and found that I had fallen miserably short on the data entry end of things. When I assessed my progress on August 2th, I was feeling a little better about the …

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Upgrade Blues

Well, this was supposed to be the last upgrade to WordPress I ‘d ever have to do by hand.  I just noticed that a BUNCH of my photos are no longer attached to their posts.  CRAP. Give me time, I figure it out.  In the meantime, please contact me from the link, or by a …

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OK — Whatever

I usually don’t write anything on weekends, but I couldn’t resist this. When I quit working a few years ago, I intended to spend most of my free time on genealogy. And, for the most part, for about 3 years I kept up pretty well. But, this past year a lot of my time has …

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