Unusual Name: “Hochwohlgeboren Frau Spiegel”

January 14, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I often felt my mother, Doris Lichtenthal Falcone, was prone to exaggeration. She told me her paternal grandfather, Sigmund Lichtenthal, listed Expert on his business card. He did – I found the card. She told me there was a buzzing noise in her walls. There was – the bees actually drilled through the drywall! So, […]

Oy! This IS Going To Be A Challenge!!!

January 8, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

This week’s blog prompt for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is “Challenge.” My theme this year is “Our Stuff.” As I explained last week, I have a lot of stuff. This week I’m giving you a little peek into the “abyss.” In the pictures below you see my genealogy/bedroom space. It actually looks […]

"First" Day of School Never Happened

January 5, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Should I or shouldn’t I? I’m trying to decide if I want to commit to another year of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge. This past year was a great success for me. I responded to 49 of the 52 prompts plus wrote additional posts as the spirit moved me. […]