History, Real Life, and Faith
We recently visited Phoenix’s MIM–Musical Instrument Museum. Total joy! I’ve been a musician since I received a piano for my fifth Christmas. But all musical instruments caught my interest. I’ve since added flute, percussion, clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, alto recorder, and eventually, oboe, to my repertoire. My husband outlawed bagpipes. (You can see how well I play a borrowed set…
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Most people find family photos by going to their phones. Or, the photo albums on the shelf if they’re so lucky. Or, their computer. But what about obscure family photos of people you’ve never seen? How can you find those? Asking helps. So does Google. Asking You’d be surprised how many people have photos of your family members. I started…
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Several years ago during the Lenten season, I experienced a research surprise. Hard at work on my novel, A Poppy in Remembrance, I spent Mardi Gras that year at my writing desk trying to compose a difficult chapter. I’d reached the point in my story that noted Bible teacher Oswald Chambers–a real person in my historical novel–was going to die….
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How writing about your family can be an act of love and service.
Dr. Zhivago hasn’t aged well
Having your DNA sampled is the latest tool in the Genealogy toolbox. It’s an opportunity to connect with kinsfolk you’d never heard of before. And among my genealogy pals, it’s a way of tracing lines that have reached a dead-end or to prove a connection. Some people hope their DNA sample will lead them to relatives. This is particularly poignant for…
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