Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Family, Observations, genealogy on Aug 11th, 2008
If my weak Italian is correct, sono di sessantatre anni oggi. The Italian association seems fitting for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which relates to my Sicilian ancestors. I have been almost obsessively immersed in genealogy over the last eight months or so, and during this period my focus has been principally [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, genealogy on Jun 3rd, 2008
Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down,
‘Twas sad as sad could be ;
And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea !
All in a hot and copper sky,
The bloody Sun, at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the Moon.
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As [...]
The last few weeks have been rather memorable as an international audience witnessed the tale of two brothers unfold online. I had discovered a cache of letters written to my grandfather by his brother during the 1930’s and 40’s. My grandfather emigrated to America in 1906, his brother was a boy of twelve [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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