Drawing Family History: Floor Plans, Memories, and the Stories They Tell

August 23, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve been stalling for a few days, deciding on a photograph on which to base my first blog post for the Geneabloggers Fab 40 challenge. And then today, Randy Seaver posted this prompt for his weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun—Do you recall the layout of one of your family homes? Can you estimate the size […]

Happy Birthday, Mom! If I Had One More Day…

March 5, 2025.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today would have been my mother’s 93rd birthday. It’s been over a decade since she passed, but if I could have just one more day with her, I know exactly how we’d spend it. First, we’d pile all four of my grandchildren into the car and head straight to the Townhouse Diner in Hamden, CT. […]