Author Archives: George C. Hartman

About George C. Hartman

Redesiging design, coloring outside the lines, rolling down hills, figuring out strange people, dreaming in black and white, photographing in black and white, juggling, body surfing, fantasy football, painting, design, digital art and photo manipulation, green oceans, blue oceans, museums, discovering small towns, biking, beach, relationships that tear my heart out, bad poetry, movie making and BLOGGING

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 … Continue reading →

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Time traveling DOES exsist.

When I first saw this photo, given to me by our cousin Robert (Jaybird) I was taken back. A very rare shot of our young family with our uncle Jay. The smiles and expressions are priceless BUT damn, who took … Continue reading →

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Fear Of Abandonment

While many family historians struggle to discover any tiny piece of information that they can, we have been blessed (on the Hartman side at least) with a recent slew of photographs and now documents of our early nineteenth century beginnings. … Continue reading →

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a (selfie)

im more than you would think a flash in the pan a wink of the eye well traveled soul (once upon a time) and im gone i talk to mountains taste cheese grow tomatoes addicted to olives and stormy seas … Continue reading →

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the poets childhood

i never really tasted death but addiction is as close to hell as you ever wanna be I WOKE UP today stretched out uncovered in the middle of winters open window full of overflowing filling spilling GrAtiTude. Thanks mom for … Continue reading →

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Movie Still #3 from Home Movies

Nobody misses Beverly. It’s all about Brenda. I just don’t understand it sometimes. Can you believe Bev is gone 13 years this August already. Maybe that’s why. It was so long ago. Pretty soon your existence on this planet becomes … Continue reading →

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A Lovely Christmas

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Brother Glenn

Brother Glenn is in trouble again. Bonnie holds his hand in hospital as he struggles to hang on. Keep him in our thoughts and prayers. Thanks for going to see him Bonnie. We love you Glenn.

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Movie Still #2 from Home Movies

Dennis our cousin. Not many of us remember him nor does he probably not remember us. There was a time, though, when he sat soaking wet from the pool on a lawn chair in our backyard shivering under a towel. … Continue reading →

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