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passages — Bruno

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Bruno, a cat, departed this life 31st December 2009, early in the morning, aged 14 years. He had struggled in recent years with obesity, and all his life with a certain simple-mindedness and avoidance of people. Back in 2005 he spent six days inside a wall. He leaves a twin sister, Oda, [...]

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a genealogist’s Hallowe’en

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Just an odd bit culled from the website of the Times —  Robertson Davies, writing in 1990, reminded us that Hallowe’en should be a good time to “revive the custom of giving some respectful heed to our forbears:”
[O]ur forbears are deserving of tribute for one indisputable reason, if for no other: without them we should [...]

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Natalie’s people

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

I’ve finally made some progress on the family of my great-aunt Natalie, wife of my great uncle George A. Smith (born Schmitt) of Louisville and New York City. Smith, an actor on stage and screen, married Natalie, a New York socialite when they were both in their late 40s, during the war in 1944; [...]

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more unidentified militaria of mixed provenance

Thursday, September 25, 2008

OK, I’ve come to the bottom of my family militaria barrel but hope to identify things. This is a batch of things, of obviously mixed provenance, kept by my mother. A few messages to rec.heraldry helped narrow down the cardinals: likely something from WWII and hence from cousin Wilbur (army air forces) rather [...]

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Mourning the Shad (East Washington Village)

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

The pond in the heart of East Washington Village is stillness and motion as we walk (dog and I) over the dam. The dam and pond lie at the junction of Purling Beck and Beard’s Brook, below Mount Lovewell. Beard’s Brook is a tributary of the Contocook, a tributary (I think, for here my map [...]

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