A torch was passed this week at Wayfarer’s Refuge. The first grass-cutting of the season happened, and I wasn’t the one on the mower. Now that Diana has finished her Master’s, we’re readjusting the chore distribution. I’ve handled about 95% of the lawn care ever since we were married. I liked the time outside, listening Read More
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Unveiling My Unexpected Ancestral Connections To Historical Figures
At Rootstech, Family Search linked me to icons like Shirley Temple and Winston Churchill, suggesting we’re distant cousins. I’m skeptical about the precision of these familial ties, but the provided links are invaluable for furthering my research.
Family History: A 70-day Marriage in The Great War
There’s such a contrast in the handwriting on historical documents. I found the marriage license for one of my cousins, a cousin twice removed, or 1C2R. Clara Reynolds McKee, born in 1876 in Galveston, married George Edward Fay in 1894. The names on their marriage license are very elegant, as if the clerk knew to Read More
One Chair, Two Houses, and a Flaming Oven
For Monday night dinner last week, we had spaghetti and meatballs. I was lazy so we bought frozen from Walmart. I pulled out a pizza pan, threw forty or so meatballs on it, and slid it into the oven. A while later, I noticed a lot of smoke coming out of the oven vents. Crap. Read More
Questioning Faith: A Critical Look at Divine Language
This week, I critique a theological metaphor for oversimplification.