Tools & Burial Sites: Learning More About Peter Baerg
I purport to be interested in local history, so it’s astounding and ridiculous that I’ve never read all the books that contain Peter Baerg’s translated […]
family history
Cracking Open a Book For Once: Reading Gruenfeld
For a few years now, I’ve been collecting books, but not reading them. Only dipping in here and there, before running back to the thrift […]
Take Pictures
I’ve talked about the problem of what to do with pictures our loved ones have left behind; the pictures we inherit. It’s a nuanced issue […]
“Why Did No One Tell Me?!”
You know how when you’re chatting, one thought can lead to the next, and the next, and the next, and suddenly you’re on a rabbit […]
Jakob’s Final Resting Place (After Being Booted Out of Osterwick)
When I first read Peter Brown’s book The Brauns of Osterwick, I never expected to actually see the gravesite of my great-great-great-grandfather Jakob Braun. It […]