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To All Ye Good People – 2016

Dear Family, Friends and People of Good Cheer, The Year of Our Lord 2016 was a year of good news and the absence of any car accidents, major illnesses and physical assaults (except by a scrape from Strider cat on … Continue reading

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Wild Horses of Corolla

Two small women, sisters, trudge over a tall sand dune on their quest.  The sand slips beneath their feet and the sun is warm as it peeks through the clouds.  The dune is higher than they thought, but seeing the … Continue reading

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Critters

We live very close to the Petroglyphs National Monument here in New Mexico so I am not surprised to be sharing my environment with critters.  Heck, even when we were living in Chicago, we had a possum spend a couple … Continue reading

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Genealogy – The Origin of Grey

My maiden name is Grey, spelled with an “e”.  I always thought that meant I traced back to a particular group in Scotland.  But not so. Turns out the spelling split between Grey and Gray occurred with my Great Grandfather, … Continue reading

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The Trip Grammy Showed Me Rocks

When our oldest grandson, Donovan visited us in Albuquerque, my thoughts drifted to how to keep him entertained. So I queried his interests and did my research and planned our schedule for the week — starting with the Unser Racing … Continue reading

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Where is this Casino and Who is this Man?

Where is this Casino?  Who is this man? The women are either Mattie Motley Doggett or her daughter Ida on the left and on the right Hattie Doggett from Guilford and Reidsville, North Carolina.  But who is that man? And … Continue reading

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