March 18, 2022 Today is St. Patrick’s Day. The day that everybody is Irish. Green beer becomes a thing and corned beef abounds in the grocery stores. I usually buy a shamrock plant to brighten up the often-gloomy days of March. When I was young, everyone, Irish or not, wore green on St. Patrick’s …
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Family Traditions – Planting Peas
March 11, 2022 It’s time to plant peas. My father, grandfather and great grandfather all planted acres of peas for the local cannery. According to them, the optimal date for planting was March 10. Once in a while, if the weather cooperated, the peas made it into the ground in late February. Other years …
A Newspaper Discovery
March 4, 2022 The Morning Examiner article headline from December 23, 1906 was simple: “Many Divorces.” The article itself detailed the many divorces that Judge Howell had granted the preceding day. Among the list was George Dawson and Maria Dawson, my great grandparents. The newspaper article was the first real source I’d ever seen …