Dog-eared & Overdue

Category: Finding Balance

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 6

    The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 6

    This is Part 6 of The Orphan in My Family Tree. It is the true tale of my ongoing search for the parents of my great great grandpa Fritz, who was orphaned in New York City in the late 1870s and sent, at the age of seven, to live with a foster family in Bow Valley, Nebraska.…

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 5

    The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 5

    This is Part 5 of The Orphan in My Family Tree. It is the true tale of my ongoing search for the parents of my great great grandpa Fritz, who was orphaned in New York City in the late 1870s and sent, at the age of seven, to live with a foster family in Bow Valley, Nebraska.…

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 4

    The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 4

    This is Part 4 of The Orphan in My Family Tree. It is the true tale of my ongoing search for the parents of my great great grandpa Fritz, who was orphaned in New York City in the late 1870s and sent, at the age of seven, to live with a foster family in Bow Valley, Nebraska.…

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 3

    The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 3

    This is Part 3 of The Orphan in My Family Tree. It is the true tale of my ongoing search for the parents of my great great grandpa Fritz, who was orphaned in New York City in the late 1870s and sent, at the age of seven, to live with a foster family in Bow Valley, Nebraska.…

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 2

    The Orphan in My Family Tree, Part 2

    This is Part 2 of The Orphan in My Family Tree. It is the true tale of my ongoing search for the parents of my great great grandpa Fritz, who was orphaned in New York City in the late 1870s and sent, at the age of seven, to live with a foster family in Bow Valley, Nebraska.…

  • The Orphan in My Family Tree

    The Orphan in My Family Tree

    I’d like you to meet Fritz. He is my great great grandfather on my mother’s mother’s mother’s side. His parents are a mystery in my family tree, and I love a good mystery. Family lore informs us that Fritz, whose real name was Frederick, was born sometime in the early 1870s in New York City.…

  • 11 Books Behind

    11 Books Behind

    I’m generally more of a “the journey is the thing” person than a goal oriented person, but for the past few years I’ve enjoyed participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. In years past, I’ve set reading goals that I knew would be pretty easy to blow past. My biggest challenge during those years was actually…

  • Istria, Croatia

    Istria, Croatia

    While we enjoyed everything about our little visit, our greatest unexpected pleasure was the amazing food and wine we encountered in the little corner of Istria we visited.

  • November Writing: 31 Days 

    Anyone else want to write with me? For the past six years, I’ve participated in posting 31 Days of November Thankful Thoughts on Facebook. The first year I did it, I was looking for an easy way to focus on the good things happening in my life at a time when I was feeling completely…

  • Too Many Fridays: Our Military Move

    Too Many Fridays: Our Military Move

    He cannot give me any sort of expected delivery window, which is all I really want…just a window so that I don’t feel powerless, with my schedule held hostage by the unknown. He hopes I have a great weekend. I hope he does not enjoy his weekend at all…