This evening, a writer friend posted in her newsletter an invitation for readers to write 100 words about “home,” whatever that word conjures. What came to my…… Read more “Altar Tying Home and Work”
Category: ancestry
Homunculus
I had a sort of synchronicity recently. When I described a dream I had in which “I want to take a little house with grumpy little men…… Read more “Homunculus”
Coastal Bike Ride; Controversial Mill Pond
Yesterday i rode the full Coastal Trail that’s only been open about 13 years. First, the area—all the coastline next to the town of Ft. Bragg in…… Read more “Coastal Bike Ride; Controversial Mill Pond”
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
I’ve written before about how i chose the location for the medieval part of the first Braided Dimensions series without having been there. Throughout the writing, i…… Read more “What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?”
Archetypes
Carl Jung and other Jungians have explored archetypes as they pertain to the landscape of the psyche. James Hillman proposed that archetypes are little gods at the…… Read more “Archetypes”
More about my cousin Dr. Leila Berkin
I’m very excited to be able to post again with more information on Leila. I still don’t have any of her notes as a doctor in China…… Read more “More about my cousin Dr. Leila Berkin”
Female Doctor
This is not a photo of my relative necessarily though she would have had children about this age in 1909 I’ve heard for a long time about…… Read more “Female Doctor”
A different life?
It’s interesting to contemplate all the differences that might have been one’s life if one’s grandmother had married differently. I’m looking through my mom’s mom’s scrapbook from…… Read more “A different life?”
Mysterious Log Book
Among old family things, I came across a strange little book. I don’t know if one of my relatives imitated an old book, making the paper and…… Read more “Mysterious Log Book”
Gramma’s Hi-Jinx
I got new shelving for the garage this week, which meant going through more boxes from closing out my storage last summer, a few months after my…… Read more “Gramma’s Hi-Jinx”