Helping the present understand the past
Welcome to another edition of Around the Town Thursday! I’m a loud-and-proud-whino so I thought I might introduce you to one of my absolute most favorite places…Holy-Field Vineyard & Winery. A family-owned winery, Holy-Field is an award-winning winery located in Basehor, Kansas. According to their About Us page: “The vineyard is planted with Native American…
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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Today we’re jumping states from Missouri to North Dakota and jumping families, as well, from my maternal side to my paternal side. Located just over an hour west of Fargo, North Dakota and 15 minutes west of Lisbon, Anselm is a small unincorporated farming community. I’m sure if…
A couple of weeks ago I posted the first of four reviews of family tree apps for the iPad. The post reviewing GedView can be found here. It’s since been brought to my attention that a little clarification needed to be made on one point of my review. I indicated in my review that “You…
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So I usually try to keep my work life separate from my home life but this week I just couldn’t. This week’s Follow Friday focus is simply too. darn. good. The last few days I’ve been in attendance at a conference of association staff where I attended a session entitled “It’s All About the Bling:…
It’s Around the Town Thursday and today we’re looking at a park located in Shawnee, Kansas. Pioneer Crossing Park sits on a small tract of land in that was formerly a used car lot. It features two sculptures by a local Shawnee artist named Charles Goslin (the same Charles Goslin that created the statue of…
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