I know I'll be a decent genealogist when I can get the "cousins" thing figured out. I've had moments of clarity when I actually understood the difference between a second cousin and a first cousin once removed. But they were fleeting moments. So let me share with you the shock I felt when I... Continue Reading →
Birthdays and Cemeteries
For the first time in seven years, I didn't get the hell out of Dodge on my birthday. My mom came to visit, though, and we spent the day in Lexington and Concord ("the birthplaces of American liberty and 19th-century literature"). I've been to both towns before, but hadn't seen all of the historical... Continue Reading →
