Dates are only the skeleton of the stories which should be told about the ordinary or extraordinary lives of our ancestors. Finding clues to how they lived puts flesh on those bones and makes the old photographs glow with life.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Six Word Memoir
This is like writing a haiku. Today's challenge is to write a Six Word Memoir.
Who to pick? Who hasn't been in the spotlight before?
The Colmans who moved from Massachusetts to New York in 1794 are on my mind.
Nabby Dole Colman (1773 - 1859)
Moved west; pioneer; proud mother; endured.
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