Writer, Reader, Photographer, Herder of Cats, Collector of Dusty/Old Things.
My grandmother passed away earlier this week. She was 89 years young. These are the words I said at her funeral: I have a lot of memories of my grandmother, Mary Martin, but one of my favorite memories happened rather recently. I’d been researching our family’s genealogy. I wanted to know where we came… Continue reading Mary Louise (Calley) Martin, 1923-2012
I posted about the guided cemetery tour I took last weekend. Here's one of the stories I learned while I toured. I hope I'm remembering all the details accurately. It's an interesting tale. According to this monument, John and Electra Peer were "Killed By The Cars" on July 17, 1896. John's name is on one side,… Continue reading “Killed By The Cars”
*I wrote this after I came home on Saturday night. I couldn't fall asleep. I'm glad I wrote this when I did. I had planned on posting on Sunday morning, but I wanted pics to go with and my Internet connection was running slow. Too many thunderstorms were rocking through the area. Technology isn't really… Continue reading Guided Lantern Tour of My Local Cemetery: I Encountered a “Something.”
JULI HOFFMAN 