Monthly Archives: December 2021

To Wrap Up Back at the Beginning

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Pat Shaul

At the beginning of the year I said I was going to review my ancestry that pointed back to Charlemagne (747 – 814). And I did just that with a great number of side trips throughout the year. I found … Continue reading →

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Mom Provides Us with Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Pat Shaul

In the early 80s, my mother got caught up in ceramics. She was a dynamo once she got the feel of it. The iconic Christmas Tree was made for her mother-in-law when she mentioned she was getting too old to … Continue reading →

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Stag – makes a great hat ornament

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Pat Shaul

I am not sure why I started wearing a fedora again — might be a reaction to the doughnut hole bald spot on the back of my head; might be a flashback to my youth: I digress. The jumping stag … Continue reading →

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Grandma graduated from High School in 1914

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Pat Shaul

It was June 18, 1914, and my grandmother, Florence Marie Koontz, became the first female in her family to graduate from High School. Grandma was the third of five children of Casmear and Phebe Gardner Koontz, and the youngest girl. … Continue reading →

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