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Standing Where It Happened I always meant this series to have three parts. But in mid‑August 2024, I found myself standing on the shoreline in Niagara-on-the-Lake, looking across the mouth of the Niagara River at Old Fort Niagara. From where I stood, the fort looked quiet, almost serene. The water lapped gently at the shore, and the red roofs and stone…

This line continues down my maternal grand-mother side. This is the story of my great great gramma and grampa on my grandma’s dad’s side. This…

I’ve been trying to determine where next to follow my ancestry line to and which line to write about. Instead of writing about some…

My first blog of 2018 …. and it’s a recipe. I’m in crunch mode – I’m taking the kids and I to Cuba in no…

It’s UFC night here at the house, it’s also New Years Eve Eve – the boys are watching UFC and I’m blogging my second to…

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