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 I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’.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...
Recently, I began plotting my great-grandfather's movements in Brooklyn as well as his siblings. I wanted to see how closely each of them lived from one another. If you recall this topic, you might remember the 52 Ancestors post that I did. To create your own map, go to Google MyMaps . Make sure to login to your Google account. Start by adding a layer (s) and icons. You can even add a description to the icons too. For example, if you want to create a family trip, you want to add lines to include one place to another. Color-coding the residences helps me distinguish which sibling I am looking at and to calculate the proximity of a location if one or more of them move to a different home or apartment. Using Brooklyn City Directories and census records , I was able to find residences for 2 out of the 5 siblings. Color-coding the residences helps me distinguish, which There is still a lot of work to be done, but so far, it's a good start. What other u...