Happy Father's Day
Just wanted to say that I am privileged to have a good father and mother who instilled in me the values needed to make it through life. For that I am very grateful. Were they perfect? Of course not. Parenting doesn't come with any instruction book. I …
My wife has been on a quest for her perfect salsa. This one comes pretty close the the Mexican restaurant style we like.
This is one of our go to recipes for an easy meal. One nice thing is that you can be creative with the vegetables.
It is good to be thankful and grateful every day of the year. I am truly grateful for blessings above and beyond what I deserve.
In this season of thanksgiving, I hope that you will take some time to reflect on your blessings and perhaps share your thankfulness with others …
Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama on September 16, 2020 as a category 2 storm with 105 mile per hour winds. As the storm moved inland, it passed over our travel trailer on its trek northeast. We went to my in-laws to have a more secure location to …
After importing a GEDCOM file of my family history into Gramps, I noticed the place names were really inconsistent. I didn't like how they looked. So I decided to clean them up, which led to a new way for me of handling places. This change does take awhile, in fact …
One of my goals is to get back into doing family tree research. That means getting organized! I have quite a bit of information collected over the years. This includes GEDCOM data from using previous genealogy applications.
Yes, I know, ancestry.com is highly recommended for doing genealogy research. I'm …
Years ago I did basic genealogical research on my family tree. My plan has always been to revisit the research when I had more free time (as in, being retired). A friend of mine recently recommended findagrave.com. I checked it out and was so happy with what I found …
Save this sweet deliciousness for a special occassion. It is nowhere to be found in any healthy eating regimen.
On the way to our recent family reunion, I was thinking about genealogy and those that had passed on. They were not famous or wealthy, there was never a great inheritance handed down. They were simply decent, loving, hard-working people. Somewhere along the line, they left everything behind, family, friends …