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We Have a Horse Thief!

Anne / December 11, 2023

I’m going to be useless for the foreseeable future. I started digging into one of my ancestors over the weekend, […]

Anne / October 18, 2023

I don’t know about you, but Prairie County having “more than her quota” of crazy people seems kind of ….

Anne / April 25, 2023

This is the true story of the greatest interspecies war in recorded history. The setting is Western Australia, October 1932,

Anne / October 6, 2022

Since early in the months of the pandemic, four of us single, solo-dwelling women have gotten together to flex our

Anne / April 14, 2022

I try to be a good humanist. Being a humanist means taking action to make the human condition better. Action

Anne / March 7, 2022

One of my favorite ancestors is Dr. Benjamin West (1730-1813) of Providence, Rhode Island. That’s his marble bust at the

Anne / March 5, 2022

A few years ago, I had the extraordinary good fortune to come into possession of a letter written by my

Anne / September 17, 2021

We’ve been cleaning out Fletch and Shirley’s house and looking hard for the missing Smith family bible from the 1800s

Anne / June 24, 2021

Those of you who have worried incessantly about my immortal soul can relax now. Google is God. When I die,

Anne / November 12, 2019

Thirty years ago this week, the Berlin Wall fell. It encircled only part of the city, dividing it between East