“Why Did No One Tell Me?!”
You know how when you’re chatting, one thought can lead to the next, and the next, and the next, and suddenly you’re on a rabbit […]
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Found the Braun Cairn at Glencross!
Over a year ago, my mom told me about a cairn “somewhere near Morden” that was dedicated to my great-great-great-grandparents, Jacob and Maria (Fast) Braun. […]
My Grandma’s Menus Were Important
There’s just something about food. I’ve been reading my grandma’s diaries, and they’re not particularly juicy or detailed. She had a lot of better things […]
Reading Her Diary: Seeing Through My Grandma’s Eyes
I’ve been lent a series of journals from my grandparents. My parents lived on the same farmyard as my grandparents, and they were a huge […]
Great Aunt Maria Died of the Spanish Flu
Last summer, I posted a story about Maria P. Unger, whose life was tragically cut short in 1918. She was nineteen years old. She had […]