Patricia White

A Cloudless Sky - September 11, 2001

I remember thinking as I drove to the downtown school where I taught court reporting, what a perfect autumn day it was, a cloudless sky on September 11, 2001 in Columbus, Ohio.  That morning I was assisting the head teacher as we read Q&A for high speed students preparing for graduation.  Around 10:30 that morning a member of...
Continue reading
0
  1248 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1248 Views
2 Comments
Janice Ryan

My teenage loves

My parents were in control of what movies I was allowed to see! No scary ones were allowed, so I saw love stories and musicals. These were the days of great MGM spectaculars with loads of girls in colorful costumes dancing down stairs as the main character entered last. There realy...
Continue reading
0
  1409 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1409 Views
2 Comments
Susan Darbro

Great-great Grandmother Susan

Great-great Grandmother Susan
  My great-great grandmother Susan Barton Lutz was born in 1838, the year Queen Victoria was crowned Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Ladies wore their hair in ringlets while indoors and covered with lavishly trimmed bonnets when outdoors. Dresses were designed with sloping shoulders, full sleeves and full skirts often...
Continue reading
0
  2707 Views
  3 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
2707 Views
3 Comments
Annie Payne

I Remember the Week from Hell - September 2011

I Remember the Week from Hell - September 2011
The Week From Hell – September 2001 Perhaps those of you living in the USA might wonder why the week that included the infamous 9/11/2001 should resonate so strongly with an Australian woman living in Adelaide at the time? However, that week is indelibly etched into my consciousness very clearly, with...
Continue reading
0
  1600 Views
  9 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1600 Views
9 Comments
Charles William Spratt

Carolyn Sue Scroggins and her Kids

Carolyn Sue Scroggins and her Kids
Charles & Carolyn Spratt with our two sons 1978 about a year before her death. March 28 1979 is a date that will live on in the memories of my family for ever . That is the date that my first wife , the mother of my first two son’s died...
Continue reading
0
  2070 Views
  3 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
2070 Views
3 Comments
Charles William Spratt

Grandma Beavers Didn't Have A Canopy Over Her Bed

Grandma Beavers Didn't Have A Canopy Over Her Bed
I have been encouraged to write some more about my Grandma Beavers by my cousin . Because he said he didn’t know an awful lot about her except his memories of her soon after her husband had died and she was a crabby old woman . My mother was the youngest...
Continue reading
0
  1434 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1434 Views
2 Comments
Charles William Spratt

Charlie's First Car A 1972 Ford Maverick

Charlie's First Car A 1972 Ford Maverick
Since Tom Cormier’s son Tyler wrote a story about his experience with his dirt bike and his cars I will write one about my deceased son’s car. Since he is not around to do it for himself. It’s just too good of a story not to pass along. Charlie as we...
Continue reading
0
  1667 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1667 Views
2 Comments
Charles William Spratt

A Camping Trip I Won't Forget

When I was in high school in Pauls Valley ,Oklahoma the main thing we did during the summer months was go camping at Lake Murray near Ardmore Oklahoma. This is about 50 miles from the Texas state line . It never gets cold until late December that far south . This...
Continue reading
0
  1315 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1315 Views
2 Comments
Charles William Spratt

September 11 2011 Just Another Work Day

September 11 2001 was just like all of the other days that had came before . I got up , made the coffee , got my lunch and my wife’s lunch together getting ready for another day at work . My wife always turned the TV on to listen to the...
Continue reading
0
  1238 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1238 Views
2 Comments
Karen Jenkins

Red Alert the Month Before 9/11

But I was not surprised.

Continue reading
0
  1376 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1376 Views
0 Comments
Susan Darbro

Working with Juanita

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Last week’s story prompt was something along the lines of “What proud accomplishment did you share together with a friend, colleague or family member.” I had to think a long time about that question, but finally I figured out the answer. It’s been...
Continue reading
0
  1321 Views
  1 Comment
LinkedIn Pinterest
1321 Views
1 Comment
Legacy Blog

9-11 Reflections

Where were you when the terrorists attacked on 9-11 and how did you learn about it? It's the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. Your feelings and personal perspective will be important to future generations. Politics aside, it's more about how you and your family were affected...
Continue reading
0
  1215 Views
  0 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1215 Views
0 Comments
Golden V. Adams Jr.

My Great-Grandmother: Willemke de Jong

My Great-Grandmother: Willemke de Jong
Willemke de Jong, the subject of this sketch, was born Willemke Steenblok to Tallegien (Talligje) Steenblok on November 21, 1844 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.   She was Tallegien's second daughter, according to records found in Groningen. Willemke Steenblok de Jong, about 1927 Willemke must have had a very hard life.  Her...
Continue reading
0
  1325 Views
  3 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1325 Views
3 Comments
Tyler Cormier

My introduction into the world of Rally Racing at 12 years old, unofficially.

World Rally Championships, Rally Cross, or just Rally Racing in general just oozes skill and determination when you start talking about motorsports.  At 12 years old I was introduced, unofficially, into this world of on the edge of your seat racing.  Now some people might think that's pretty impressive to be...
Continue reading
0
  1465 Views
  5 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1465 Views
5 Comments
Golden V. Adams Jr.

My Great-Grandfather: Antoon Thiessens

My Great-Grandfather: Antoon Thiessens
Antoon Thiessens, ca 1927 (age 79 years) Antoon Thiessens, the subject of this sketch, was born January 28, 1848 the fourth child by the second marriage of Hendrik Thiessen or Thiessens.  Hendrik was a tailor by trade.  His mother was Grietje Bulthuis, and he was born in the norther Dutch city...
Continue reading
0
  1727 Views
  3 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1727 Views
3 Comments
Susan Darbro

Grandfather Loy

Grandfather Loy
    My grandfather Loy was born September 16, 1884, the same year as future President Harry S. Truman and "modern" Italian artist Modigliani came along. It was the year Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn , a well-loved and hilarious American classic now under fire due to our national romance with...
Continue reading
0
  1988 Views
  9 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1988 Views
9 Comments
Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

My beginning

I grew up in rural Belleville in St. Clair County Illinois in an area known as Dutch Hollow.   The kids were relatively safe and could go anywhere in the area and they knew if they misbehaved it would be dealt with then and there.   We had a neighborhood tavern...
Continue reading
0
  1046 Views
  2 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1046 Views
2 Comments
Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

The Creek

When I was small I would go outside and play like any other kid so mom would tell me don’t go out of the yard.   Now you have to understand that I lived on a little hill and there was a field that my dad would put a garden in...
Continue reading
0
  1379 Views
  5 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1379 Views
5 Comments
Annie Payne

Back to the Future – With Dad

Back to the Future – With Dad
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE   Often I have been asked about which person in my life, now dead, would I like to spend an extra 24 hours with, and my answer is always the same – my Dad, Ken Wallace. I have always been told that I...
Continue reading
0
  724 Views
  5 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
724 Views
5 Comments
Rick Reed

Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain
Many summers while I was growing up, we took a summer vacation to the Adirondack mountains in New York to visit my grandparents (Grandpa and Grandma Reed).  One of my favorite places to visit was Bald Mountain.  It was always a great outing.  The first part of the trail was mostly...
Continue reading
0
  1623 Views
  4 Comments
LinkedIn Pinterest
1623 Views
4 Comments
       
38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47