I just recently got back from my first trip back to the states since moving to Germany in January 2020. It's been a long time. Too long. Between Global Pandemics™ and illnesses. Too much time. Too much loss. Anyway I got to NY on a Thursday evening and Carl had come in…Continue reading →

William Brown Jr. Born ~5 March 1836 in New York - died ~9 October 1930. Great great grandfather, at least for my generation. For some of us he might be 3x great or even 4x great. I only knew his daughter, our great grandmother Margaret "Maggie" Brown for a short while up…Continue reading →

Carl and Carol decided to sell the farm and head for warmer places late this summer. So they packed up a small sample of their belongings into the biggest Penske truck they could find (26 foot) and headed South. The little yellow moving truck that could If you ask me you…Continue reading →