The prompt for Week #30 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is “Colorful.” I’m still trying to catch up after returning from our trip so I’ll make this short and sweet. (Like me!! Sorry, couldn’t resist!) During my teen years, I made pocket money babysitting for neighbors. BTW – does anyone […]
Read MoreDoris Lichtenthal1938 Passport Photo “All I ever wanted was to go to America and listen to jazz.” That’s what my mother told me during one of our chats about her childhood in Vienna, Austria. I never really thought deeply about that comment until recently. Mom left Vienna in 1938, a few months after her 6th birthday. […]
Read MoreStill trying to catch up from our European river cruise! The topic for Week 28 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge was TRAVEL! How perfect is that? Of course, I couldn’t blog about our trip in real time due to poor internet connectivity. I did post every day to my […]
Read MoreDid you miss me? Or at least my weekly posts? I returned last week from our fabulous Grand Circle “Great Rivers of Europe” trip cruising from Amsterdam to Vienna, Austria. If you follow me on Facebook, you were able to keep up with our daily activities. If not, and you’re interested, I’m on Facebook as […]
Read MoreThe prompt for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is probably one of my favorites: “Black Sheep.” “Black Sheep” as defined by google.com I will need to depart from my focus of writing about my generation this week as I truly can’t identify any black sheep presently in our family. Or perhaps that is […]
Read MoreContinuing my goal of documenting my generation’s story, this week I am attempting to tell the story of some of the names in our family. Five years ago, I posted about the “Winchester Tradition” in Scott’s family. For several generations, all the children were given the middle name of “Winchester” to honor a beloved stepmother. […]
Read MoreLet me apologize in advance for the short post last week and what will undoubtedly be short posts for the next few weeks. Last week, my husband Scott and I spent a terrific week in Colorado celebrating grandbaby #3’s 1st birthday. Oh – and we also enjoyed a doubleheader concert: Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan!! This […]
Read MoreA very timely prompt this week as Scott and I just recently observed our 35th wedding anniversary! After nine years or so of courtship and two previous engagements, the ring was permanent installed on my finger on May 28, 1983. It literally was “Going to the chapel, and we’re going to get married…” for us […]
Read MoreThis week’s topic for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is “So Far Away!” It couldn’t have come at a better time! In just a few weeks, Scott and I will be joining my sister Jeanne and her partner, Suzi on a very special trip, a river cruise beginning in Amsterdam and ending in […]
Read MoreNOTE: This is an edited version of the post I wrote for Memorial Day, 2018. It was also our 35th wedding anniversary! I will warn you: This is a very long post. I wanted to capture Scott’s story, much of it in his own words, for our children and grandchildren. Scott is a man of […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 