I have a long-standing goal of reading all the Newbery award winners. This began when I was young and was renewed when Brian was in elementary school and decided to take up the challenge. I read along with him then, but as he grew older and moved … [Continue reading] about O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Seedling bragging
I've had some questions about my process for growing seedlings, so here's the scoop. I germinate them in Jiffy pellets which I put in trays with clear plastic domes. I place these under basic shop lights and fluorescent lights bought at the big box … [Continue reading] about Seedling bragging
Wherein we meet Karl Malone
In general car shopping is not our favorite thing. Root canals aren't far behind. Sue and I set out and our car shopping day didn't start out so well. Our travels took us to Karl Malone Toyota where we were helped by a nice salesman who was … [Continue reading] about Wherein we meet Karl Malone
Flashback time
I am attending today's Utah legislative Interim Committee meetings for the first time in almost a year. I retired last June as a volunteer child advocate and have been watching from afar. But today I'm back up in person and using my social media … [Continue reading] about Flashback time
1940 Census
I have been resisting the urge to sign up to do records indexing at Family Search for a long time now because every time I have the urge, I think I should be spending time on my own languishing family history research. But when the 1940 Census … [Continue reading] about 1940 Census