The one reason why I thought it was NOT a dream was because I distinctly remember being so excited at this situation that I just had to put my arm around my father. While the photo was being taken, I swirled my head in total ecstasy as to who I was with. I remember turning […]
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In regards to a very interesting comment delivered to this blog
Located in Comments on the post; Pawn to King Four “I HAVE INFO RE: OUR UNCLE WHO WAS LOST ON A SUB AND FRANK GILL WHO WAS KILLED IN THE PHILLIPINES WW11 says: November 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm (Edit) MY FATHER, ARTHUR ,WAS FRED GILL’S AND CAROL GILL’S BROTHER” This was posted Tuesday Nov. […]
Hartmann – Online Family Tree
Two years ago I found our very distant cousin Caleb from Canada. Caleb has spent a lot of hard work and time constructing this on-line family tree. I am very grateful for our cousin for this tree goes back centuries in time. On first click the Family Tree seems trivial but CLICK AROUND – you […]
Mixed Greens
In this dream I am painting a huge steel bridge by myself. There is a date etched in one of the concrete supports that says; “1960” It is very hard work with scaffolds and ladders in all kinds of weather. Sometimes I feel as if the heavy winds are gonna knock me into the raging […]
a MAJOR heritage Hartman BREAKthru
In my on and off extensive search for our heritage I have found out some very cool and very important information. Only because of our sister Barbs brave dig into our great aunts sisterhood on Menham NJ, (a letter mailed about 4 years ago) was I able to obtain the complete list of our Grandpa’s […]
The death of Lima Beans
Some upcoming New Jersey Road Trips: Brooke will be in NJ June-18th thru 21st. Becca will be in NJ August -14th – 21st My sponsor called me up “Where the fuck have you been asshole?” “I love you too” “No really, this ain’t no fucking game!” “I never said it was…I just…I’ve been busy.” “BULLSHIT” […]
Slow down!
REBELING AGAINST PERFECTIONISM If you are trying to be creative or just plain -Living Life- we need to fall away from the mindset that strives for perfection. Being creative means for me to be, well, sloppy. Coming here to this “family”BLOG has been hard because it is just that “family” part that has been keeping […]
urban runoff
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Road Trips
Almost missed this great shot from a recent Summer road trip with a few of the Ohio Girls. Bernadette is probably taking this photo in the depths of Times Square NY. With the advent of Facebook there have already been several strange hometown get-togethers. Some are planned this week and next. In Florida where several […]
Hands across the water….(water)
I believe more than anything that the closeness of our mother Joan to her only Brother, Fred was the amazing gift that they had left us. It wasn’t just a weekend get-together, or a quick holiday but when the Gills came over it was for THE SUMMER. It is those long hot innocent Summers of […]