Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do… ? Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote just for the sake of posting content and main taining an audience, even when inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity. I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur. My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right. My inte...
It's Saturday Night - Time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: This SNGF is based on the 100 Word Challenge ( http://100wc.net/ ) that school children around the world have participating in over many years. They are given a word or phrase to write a story about in exactly one hundred words. 1) Write a story using the phrase "Grandparents are important because" in 100 words. [Hint: If you write it in a word processor, you can use Tools > Word Count (or similar) to count words] 2) Share the story with all of us by writing your own blog post, writing a comment on this blog post, or put it in a Facebook post. Please leave a comment on this post so others can find it. Grandparents are important because they can give us insight into our family's heritage, culture, and traditions. Their knowle...