Monthly Archives: January 2013

My Column at The In-Depth Genealogist

 As I mentioned a week or so, I have been selected to be a columnist at the On line genealogist magazine, The In-Depth Genealogist. My column, titled Across the Pond will focus on researching ancestry in the United Kingdom. Each … Continue reading

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Alfie

I was just catching up on some commenting at Mad Dog Women of Shackelford’s blog and thought that I might share this with my own audience. As I may have said before, Alfie our Border Terrier was a rescue dog. … Continue reading

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100 Word Challenge – Week 74

Joining the weekly 100 words challenge for Grown ups. This week the prompt is to use the following prompt. Total word allowance – 104 …the extreme weather meant… They were up early ready for their big trip.  The car was packed … Continue reading

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Sunday Salon – Progressive Book Club

This week was the first official meet of the Progressive Book Club. Now I say meet, but we do not physically meet. Just as well as the weather this week has been shocking. We have had low temperatures, hail, rain … Continue reading

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Sepia Saturday – 160

I thought this week I might share a few family snaps of different methods of transport. This first photo is the only one I have of one of my Grandfather’s brothers. This a photograph of the Coronation Parade taken 2nd … Continue reading

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Thyroid Awareness Month 2013

Over the last few years I have shared various posts about my Thyroid condition and the curiosity of could it be inherited. As it is Thyroid Awareness Month, I thought I would simply present a little medley of those earlier … Continue reading

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Buying Books & things

Recently I had the opportunity to browse for books in a nearby branch of WHSmiths. I have to say not my preferred venue for book shopping, but I had returned something to a local store before Christmas and asked the … Continue reading

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Progressive Book Club

Beginning today and continuing on the third Wednesday of each month, M L Swift will be hosting a discussion on various craft books and every third month we’ll throw in a nice piece of fiction for good measure! Today’s launch post … Continue reading

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Blogging Awards & Some Thoughts

In the last week there has been numerous posts about awards and the value of them. You can read a really good discussion at Finding Eliza with a link to an article called Blogging Awards & SEO & a further posts and … Continue reading

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Who was Emmi?

I was recently reading a post by Sally at Books and Musings from Down Under when I was prompted to ponder on the background of my late Great Aunt. The link was quite simply the name of a central character … Continue reading

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