The Munich Agreement
Watched an interesting movie last night on the Munich Agreement which is on Netflix - Munich - The Edge of War. The novel of Robert Harris has been adapted. There are so many mentions of times in...
View ArticleNewsletters
I must start the Kip-Kipp Newsletter today and complete it this week and perhaps that is possible. The material is mostly all there but working with someone else's data is always different. I can also...
View ArticleThank you Turkey
A thank you to Turkey for trying to stop the violence in Ukraine. The attitude of the Russian leaders there is appalling - they talk about finishing off if the news is correct. How can one talk about...
View ArticleThe gains Russia made since 1917
Russia made a lot of gains since 1917. The Russian people could get an education. They received health care. After all they sent the first man into space. Why would they give all of this up? This...
View ArticleContinuing with the second issue of the Kip-Kipp Newsletter for 2022
Continuing to pull out information from my husband's files on the Kip family of New Amsterdam now New York. I am trying to find all the references so that I can put a location beside them for the...
View ArticleMariupol
I think reading history way back in time, a city has never suffered such unprovoked an attack as Mariupol. Truly genocide and Putin and his thugs should be made to pay for their attack on the...
View ArticleA cleaning day
A cleaning day and I do enjoy cleaning. Not sure why. It is a repetitive task that frees the mind for a while and is a complete rest of the mind. I feel sometimes that I am too preoccupied with the war...
View ArticleAnd continuing with the cleaning and the Kip-Kipp Newsletter
Today I will finish the cleaning and also work on the Kip-Kipp Newsletter. Likely I will finish it up on the weekend or early next week. I have an idea on what is going into the rest of it and just...
View ArticleHome again
Cottage was lovely; so very relaxing. Spent quite a bit of time out of doors playing soccer. I wonder when/if I will ever give up playing soccer. At 76 I still feel up to doing that as it involves a...
View ArticleRaining today; April showers bring May flowers
Rain is always welcomed in the spring because it brightens up our world. It can be very dark and bleak in Canada in the winter but the white snow does help to brighten it up somewhat. But spring, when...
View ArticleDNA Day at Family Search
A spectacular day of DNA at Family Search on Zoom today. A well spent day for sure and the lectures are up on Facebook so can be enjoyed several times. I found them all interesting but especially the...
View ArticleIt is time to ignore Russia and just keep supplying Ukraine. Two year olds in...
One tends to ignore the tantrum of a two year old and put them into time out. In the case of Putin and Lavrov they are looking down a tunnel which has only a bad ending but they do not know how to back...
View ArticleKip-Kipp Newsletter completed and working on the H11 Newsletter
I will find each of the Kip-Kipp Newsletters hard to do. My mind isn't into my husband's research and I have to rework things when I can not find the connection that I vaguely recall. But I will try...
View ArticleDr Joe Flood - talk for BIFHSGO special event
Dr Joe Flood spoke recently at a BIFHSGO special event. He was discussing his COAD one-name study and the DNA of Cornwall. We have been corresponding occasionally over the last six or seven years as...
View ArticleLife changing events
Today I realized that I have now become the me that lived before Edward and I met all those years ago when he was in 4th year Chemistry and I was in 3rd year Chemistry. I was contemplating my career in...
View ArticleH11 Newsletter
I have decided not to publish the next H11 Newsletter. It just doesn't seem like the time to do that. I will name the next issue 2-3. My thoughts and prayers are as always with the Ukrainians and...
View ArticleCleaning with two dogs and a cat
Yesterday was the second cleaning day of the week and the dogs and the cat were with me all day. They were good and I managed to accomplish all that I had planned to do. It is interesting spending...
View ArticleTomorrow is May Day
Living so quietly I got a day ahead of myself thinking May Day one day earlier than it was but tomorrow is May Day and today is glorious sunshine so hopefully also tomorrow. My father remembered the...
View ArticleMay Day and it is Sunday once again
Spring has truly come to Canada and May Day, for me, marks the beginning of that short wonderful season that has also been dubbed Mud Season. That it comes on a Sunday is also lovely. Today I shall be...
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