Lifetime Project

I am going through my work on an ancestral line for my book. It is amazing what I did in the seventies, eighties and nineties and again in the twenties. Very little duplicate research and very well organized notebooks. Back in the day I made a lot of paper copies. Pages and pages of reference materials with title pages and versos. Now that my finances are different I have purchased some of the books, even some of them gently used. This is a lifetime project, with much of the information now in electric format. Not sure where it will go in the future, but for now I am enjoying every moment of this.

Thank you!

My Christmas present of most importance came early this year. Every year probably for the rest of my life I will have an MRI done of my head. Today I got the results and there has been no changes since last year. Cleared for another year. This is my twelfth year of having this test done. My body has passed through twenty different conditions. Most of the time I think that I handle the stress pretty well, but the MRIs are the most challenging. I am grateful beyond words to be living and functioning in doing the things that I enjoy most. Thank you to all who show me compassion as I struggle. My faith, and especially at Christmas, is the foundation of my life.

Travels with George, a Fantastic Book

Today I returned three books to the St. Helens Public Library. The first was, New York, a historical fiction about New York. In glancing through it I decided it was not what I was looking for. The second book was, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. It was suggested by Brenda who organizes the group, Geniel Genealogists, which meets by Zoom or at the library on the first Monday of each month at 6:30. I was happy to review it as a future reference. The third book was Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick, perhaps one of the best books I have ever read. The receipt shows that I saved $88.95 by borrowing the books. This book is about the travels of George Washington in his first year as President of the United States. There is even a mention of the stop he made in Holliston, Massachusetts where my ancestors lived for about 100 years. It is towards the back of the book and listed in the Index under the name of the huge rock formation found in the town. A serendipity moment occurred when I found the mention of the town in the text, with a picture of Mr. Philbrick standing on the rock.