Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
This piece was one of my first efforts for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks program by Amy Johnson Crow. I completed three full years and did a smattering for a fourth year. Now I'm just randomly doing my family history posts among other topic. Originally published January 27, 2018. EL Week 4: #52Ancestors -... Continue Reading →
I still feel the sentiments expressed here. I often wonder just how far off I am when I write about people from earlier centuries, people I never knew. Originally published January 15, 2018. EL By Eilene Lyon We recently watched The Abolitionists, by American Experience. It is an excellent and high-production-value 3-part series about the... Continue Reading →
This was my very first blog post on January 1, 2018. EL By Eilene Lyon Last year I visited several national parks, as I do every year. This photo shows bristlecone pines in Great Basin National Park. Yes, I was there hugging trees. It’s true. But there were no witnesses (other than the trees), so... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Programming note: This will be my last post until November. I need to take a break from blogging for a while to complete some projects and take a vacation. Since I have over 500 posts in my archive, I'm going to schedule some of them for reblogging while I'm away. Feel free... Continue Reading →
Found Photo Project #9 By Eilene Lyon Similar to the Welsh-Adler File, I recently picked up a collection of photos from the local antique mart that had belonged to a single person. I did leave behind a few unidentifiable snapshots, but bought the remainder. Unlike the David R. Young photo that mysteriously turned up locally,... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon My new book, What Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards, officially publishes on Tuesday, but it is available now! See link at bottom of the post. In the course of finalizing the manuscript for publication, I had to omit some material to meet my word count goal. The book contains 24... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon It’s that time of year when new and returning students head to college campuses: moving into dorms, apartments, sorority and fraternity houses. In honor of my niece moving into the dorm for her freshman year this week, I’m going to share a different living arrangement that my mom had in her college... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Pardon the unattractive photo above. Following up on my last post about Fred Ransom’s on-the-job accident, I thought I’d share my similar experience. Partly due to sheer luck, the injuries to my right foot did not result in the loss of any digits. I’m not so naïve as to think that workplace... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Though my great-grandmother, Clara Ransom Davis (1877-1953), passed down a lot of family history, she made a glaring omission: her own birth family. She wrote a brief story about her father, Robert Ransom, who died when she was six. But she left no tales about her mother or siblings. Everything I know... Continue Reading →
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