Recent Posts Tagged With 'Personal'

• Happy Hallowe\'en!

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 22:55 in Personal, alaska

  It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the holiday...I was 4 1/2 years old and remember it being taken. I had a clown mask, too, but didn't wear it when our picture was take...

• The Clock, the Chart, and the Compass Rose

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 22:56 in Personal, alaska

  Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.--William Butler YeatsIt all began in second period, where I assist some of my higher-functioning students in a seventh-grade resource math class. The teacher had begun a lesson on...

• Maybe, Just Maybe, They\'re Hooked

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 09:43 in Personal

  Within our own families, genealogists tend to be lonely.For the most part, we are usually the odd man out, the only one within our family group to be truly passionate about the lives of those who have gone before us. We're treated with a certain mix ...

• Light Blogging Ahead

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 21:04 in Personal

  Tomorrow I'm back at work after 10 very short weeks of summer "vacation." In my opinion, there was very little of either summer or vacation. However, I can't complain too much. I am gainfully employed in a job with great benefits doing the sort of w...

• Presenting at the Tri-City (Washington) Genealogical Society

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 09:46 in Personal, martin, chaplin

  This evening I will be speaking on one of my favorite presentations, "Frugal Genealogy, or How Not to Spend a Fortune on Your Family Tree!" at the Tri-City Genealogical Society in Richland, Washington. It's a two-and-a-half hour drive south from my h...

• Class of 2009

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 08:31 in Personal

  Here's why I've been too busy to blog lately:Missy Midkiff, Shadle Park High School Class of 2009. Original in the possession of Miriam Robbins Midkiff, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Spokane, Washington. 2009....

• News from Miriam's World

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 22:40 in Personal, westaby

  As my regular readers have probably noticed, I didn't blog much during the month of March. All right, I posted 27 items, but most were press releases sent to me from various genealogical companies and services. I didn't participate in any of the gre...

• Update on Blogging

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 07:57 in Personal

  After a week's hiatus from blogging, accompanied by babying my shoulder whenever possible, I am feeling somewhat better. Yesterday I returned to my surgeon and voiced my concerns about the increasing shoulder, arm, and upper back pain I've been expe...

• Taking a Break

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 21:36 in Personal

  I'm taking a self-imposed break from blogging for one week. My shoulder has been getting progressively worse since I started work a month ago, in both the intensity and duration of pain as well as the involuntary movements and muscle spasms I'm expe...

• It's My Third Blogoversary...Oops!

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 02:12 in Personal

  I thought today was my third blogoversary, but as I was writing this post I looked back at my first one and discovered I missed it 10 days ago! Oh, well. I should have put up that countdown widget Thomas blogged about! Here's how I usually celebra...

• Tuesday's Tip Slightly Delayed

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 01:38 in Personal

  Due to one thing or another, I haven't quite finished my Tuesday's Tip post in time too be published at 5 AM, EST. I had considered staying up late Monday night to finish it, but my shoulder is rather inflamed and I think I had better just take some...

• Merry Christmas!

  Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 at 11:05 in Personal

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