Use the Power of the Gathering of the Clan at Thanksgiving
Get a larger audience for your letters! If you have been putting off writing a letter to an unknown fifth cousin, because you have to actually mail it and you aren’t sure if she will respond and you have...
Read moreTreasures Salvaged From the Flood
Weird Artifacts Amongst some curious odd sports equipment, baseballs, softballs, squash balls, raquetballs, golfballs, gloves, etc. retrieved from the flood two months ago, I found an autographed baseball from David Dymecki, a boy couple years behind me at William...
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Kids’ Toys for the Ages
The American Girl Doll Catalogue came today. A marker of the passage of time, I recycled it instead of reading it. What a mix of history, dolls, reading, collecting, and memories. Over the past two decades, I have purchased...
Read moreWin Win Negotiations
or Better Yet, Win – Win – Win The person you best in a business situation in your twenties will turn out to be the one person who can help you solve a difficult business complication in your forties....
Read moreNaming Patterns for Women
The Maternal Line or the Umbilical Line Remember the Ladies! Maternal naming patterns are much harder to spot since surnames change on each marriage and every generation. Sometimes a pattern may become apparent by looking at a straight maternal...
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