My great-grandmother, Minnie Eliza, died long before I was born, way back in 1954. She was born on the 4th of July in 1864, a year before Lincoln's assassination and more than 100 years before my time. I can only try to imagine what her life must have been like. When we visit towns like …
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Two interesting things happened this week. One, I got a new phone with a much better camera than I expected. I've been snapping pictures here, there and everywhere. It doesn't do so well in low light with squirming pups... ...but it takes pretty detailed shots of the moon, which of course made me happy. I …
Several years ago I began having what I can only describe as strange daytime visits and vivid, nighttime dreams about my grandpa who had died when I was a little girl. During the day I would sense his presence, hear Irish music playing over and over in my head and more than once the smell …
Empty Nest Homesteading 