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Sunday, December 25, 2022

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: OH APPLE TREE, OH APPLE TREE!

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  (originally published in Dec. 2007) My family was fortunate in that we never lived in the sort of place where Christmas outdoor decora...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

DAD

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 A lot of times when I think of Dad the mental picture I have of him is of the way he looked nearly everyday, dressed in work clothes, mostl...

OUR HOWLAND MAYFLOWER DESCENT

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  About a year ago I discovered my West family may be descended from Mayflower passenger John Howland. But I hadn't had a chance to d...

ANOTHER HOPKINS MAYFLOWER CONNECTION

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   Now that the John Cutter West brickwall has come down, I have new branches of the family to explore. Recently I took advantage of the we...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

MY ALLERTON AND WARREN ANCESTRY

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    Whenever I am talking or writing about my Mayflower descent, for some ironic reason I always forget about Remember Allerton. The reason...

MY ELLINGWOOD MAYFLOWER ANCESTRY

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   Back when I first started researching the family genealogy online I was thrilled to discover we were descended from several Mayflower p...
Monday, October 31, 2022

"LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE"

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  (First posted on October, 2011)) When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reached...
Monday, October 10, 2022

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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   ((Oddly enough, both my parents occasionally would quote a line or two from Riley's two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

PORTLAND, ME. LIGHTHOUSES 20AUG 2022 PT.1

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 My sister Cheryl and I hadn't gone lighthouse hunting for a bit but a few weeks ago we took a roadtrip up to Portland Maine where there...