I am reading a surprisingly wonderful biography called The Rocket Girl. It’s about Mary (Sherman) Morgan, American’s first female rocket scientist. She worked for a company that did government contracts during the infancy of space race. Her many achievements included an inventing the rocket fuel used in our first rockets. Many of her contributions were…
A very young marriage
I came across a marriage for the sibling of one of my ancestor that gave me pause to think. The marriage is for Joze Correa and Roza de Rezendes. He is the son of Mateus Correa and Maria de Mello. She is the daughter of Domingos Pimentel and Barbara de Rezendes. They were married in…
Book of Me, Prompt 21: My Hobbies
[This is prompt 21 of the Book of Me, Written by You series: Hobbies] I have always had a lot of hobbies. When I was growing up I loved to make things: Shrinky Dinks, Shaker Makers, String Art, Latch Hook Rugs, Embroidery, Needle Point, Plastic Canvas. If they made a kit for it, I probably…
Reaffirming that I am addicted
I’ve been working on the records for Achada, Nordeste (Azores) from the Azorean Aquivo website the last week or so. On my PC, this is a painstakingly slow process. The pages take 10-30 seconds to load. Then, I must enlarge them so I can read the names in the corner (often abbreviated forms). Then I…
Book of Me, Prompt 20: The Feel of Home
[This is the 20th prompt in the Book of Me, Written by You Series] We all know that home is a place with walls and windows. It’s where we live. But, what does home feel like? For me, home is a place I feel secure. It’s the place that I can sing in the shower…