Today marks the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. 17 October 1989 started out as a day of hope and excitement. People were excited about the Bay Bridge Series between the A’s and the Giants. They got in their cards, sat down in a seat on a BART train, or waited for the bus to…
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What a Moment in Time: Endeavour
The Space Shuttle Endeavour made it’s historic final tour through California today. It was going to travel from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Then, it would head for the San Francisco Bay Area. I was one of the many who hoped to catch a glimpse of Endeavour as it passed over. I woke up on time…
Remembering September 11th
Several times today I was going to write this post and then got distracted. I guess part of me still doesn’t want to revisit that day. I have always been intrigued by how we can remember certain days, even minutes, so succinctly, but we can’t remember what we had for lunch the day before. So…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
[I am working my way backward through Amy Coffin’s 52 weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #19…Blog Series] Without a doubt the blog series I enjoy the most is Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun at GeneaMusings.com. Without it, I…
Social Media and Genealogy
[I am working my way backward through Amy Coffin’s 52 weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #20…Social Media] When I first joined Facebook a few years ago, I would have never dreamed that social media would become so important to…