Fyrewurks

I don’t watch “Extras” but I did see this bit with David Bowie and it was just tooooo funny!

Back when I was going to college, there was this bizarre guy there – didn’t fit into any social niche whatsoever (which is typically appealing) – in fact, the best words I can think of to describe him are “disheveled” and perhaps “disquieting.”  Anyway, once a friend of mine told me that he was in [...]

Apparently there is going to be a sequel to Donnie Darko… before you get too excited about it, know these things: Original director Richard Kelly has nothing to do with it (that alone should make Donnie Darko fans run screaming) The storyline revolves around little sister Samantha Darko taking a road trip and having flashbacks [...]

Just like Hemingway. He showed me anyway. You can be a hero, all you have to know is what to say. Unfortunately, I don’t always know what to say… but I do have a penchant for words and that’s why I was delighted to discover Hemingway in my family tree!  He’s not in the direct [...]

…practice, practice, practice! The old joke couldn’t be more true, though.  Since I started taking piano lessons again last Thursday, I’ve realized that as much as I love to play, despite that love I can still fall into the pitfalls that only self-discipline can cure. I hear all these beautiful songs and I want to [...]

…not blog.  No – a genealogy blog is not in the ‘wurks.’ After I couldn’t find any WordPress genealogy plugins, I started blogging about a line of my family tree in a separate family tree blog that I created.  Then, after only three generations took several painstaking hours of my time to write out, I [...]

Ok, as I mentioned in my last post, I’m planning on blogging on my family tree.  I was all ready to do that right here until I thought about how I would really need to categorize each family line separately.  And I don’t know that I want this blog to have all of those family [...]

I’ve decided that since this blog is all about me and my life, it would be the best place to post all of the genealogy information that I’ve gathered. In the past few weeks I’ve visited relatives and gathered a wealth of photos and information about my family (and I still have more people to [...]

On Ancestry.com I was tracing a line of my family tree back and got to the royal name “Plantagenet,” however there is a mysterious link in this chain (Herman Op Den Graeff) that could very well mean this line is false – but here’s what I got anyway: Early royal tree (not necessarily connected to mine): [...]

It’s been nine years since I really played piano; I stopped taking lessons and took a break when I was pregnant with my daughter and now that she’s older and I have some extra time (especially if I get up at four in the morning), I’m going to start playing again – and I am [...]