Revolutionary War Ancestors
NOTE: This flag flys high at the Leavenworth National Cemetery taken when I visited 19 May 2008. My ancestor William Gist FROMAN is buried about 1/2 mile to the south/southwest of this mark. I couldn't believe my luck at this shot, didn't even crop it. As I turned off the camera, and looked back towards my ancestor's tombstone, the cemetery's distant bell tower began to toll the hour -- a fitting tribute, and the end of a marvelous day of cemetery research. DearREADERS, As we gather in the read
Well, today began bright & early, as I woke up before 7:00 (ick) to get ready to go to the third Loganville Annual 4th of July Parade & Festival. The first year, I was working as a volunteer for the parade committee. The second year (which was last year), I was actually in the parade itself. This year, finally, we were able to get a booth set up for Operation Love From Home! :) Throughout the day, folks came by and signed cards for our deployed heroes all over the world. [Altogether, the read
I have blisters on my feet. That’s the big difference between living in Timonium and living in DC: I’m walking a lot more, and my body is noticing. If I keep this shit up, I might start losing weight, too. So Monday was my last day to clean out my old apartment: and I did. I also stocked up on alcohol: a full case of Boh, half a case of Bass. Today, I braved July 4th traffic to sell my Matrix to my dad. Pending the arrival of the lien release, and the official turning in of the license plates read
Every July 3rd since I moved up here, my wife (Mrs. Bored), her sister and I have gone to Taste of Chicago to view the Grant Park Orchestra and the July Fourth Fireworks display. One reason why I've enjoyed this tradition is that they have been world-class spectacles that gave a unique sense of the Midwest. But not this year. This year, the Grant Park Orchestra was replaced with canned music inartfully provided by The Mix. They shouldn't have even bothered. The music, instead of enhancing the read
Today is my first official Independence Day as an American. I must admit to having mixed feelings about this. I think part of the problem is that my husband is working so apart from a failed attempt to go to a community barbecue this afternoon I haven’t really done anything to celebrate (the munchkin was being too bratty for us to stay until the food was served, but at least we got some to bring home). My husband is working for the next two days, and while some friends of ours are having a ba read
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