(This story was published for the 2010 Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Day 22: Christmas and Deceased Relatives…) My family did not have any traditions or rituals pertaining to our dead relatives. We did not visit cemeteries or do anything special to remember them. Instead, I will tell you about the little card that seemed…
Friday Free Ebook: Everything Family Christmas
I haven’t had anything to post recently in this category. I thought I’d share the newest free book over at Barnes & Noble. This ebook is available for the Nook (as well as other readers that take the ePUB format). The book is called The Everything Family Christmas Book by Yvonne Jeffrey. It’s a collection…
Where the heck have I been?
I noticed today that I haven’t blogged since December 3rd. The holidays are a busy period. Having a disability makes spreading my time and energy around all that more difficult. So, what was I doing the last 3 weeks? Putting together my family genealogy newsletter, that’s what. Each December I put together a newsletter that…
The Charlie Brown Christmas Trees
Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: Day 1 We always had a real Christmas tree. My Dad was in charge of the tree. And no matter what my parents could afford he always came back with a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, then tried to convince the rest of us there was nothing wrong with it. To…
That’s Old News: Political Support
I found this brief article in the 30 Jun 1912 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle: A recall was being issued in San Francisco of three politicians. The East Oakland Progressive League was throwing it’s support behind the politicians and against the recall. Listed as one of the members of the East Oakland Progressive League…