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Category Archives: Art
Stories My Father Never Told Me
No time to write this weekend. Here’s an oldie but goody….Mine is not a family of storytellers. I don’t know what my father did in World War II. I don’t know if his heart skipped a beat the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged beating the odds, Berryman, California, Colorado, courage, Denver, Encinitas, personal disaster, Ted Berryman
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She Would Follow Him Anywhere, Even Oklahoma
It turns out that Pearl Abigail Eggleston married a dreamer, much like her father, who had changed from physician to Methodist clergyman, to Unitarian clergyman, and finally to writer. Pearl’s husband, Robert Berryman, would have a career as varied, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eggleston
Tagged Eggleston, Oberlin, Oklahoma, Pearl Eggleston, Robert Fulton Berryman, Waldo Berryman
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On my father’s side I come from a long line of Boyds. So far so good. But things happen to Boyds that make me want to look over my shoulder now and then just for having Boyd blood. Of course, … Continue reading
I’m Finally Embracing My Scots-Irish Ancestry
I’ve never embraced my Scotch-Irish ancestry. In the first place, my mother always emphasized that the word is “Scots,” not “Scotch.” I’m pretty sure it’s because she disliked Scotch’s association with whiskey. And she never hyphenated “Scots” with the “Irish” … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, Art
Tagged 18th century, Born Fighting, Fighting Scots-Irish, Scots-Irish
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My Mother’s Special Drawer
My mother had her own drawer as a child. With a family of 12 in a four-bedroom farmhouse that’s all she could get, one drawer. But she didn’t feel deprived, she felt special. The way she put it was, “My … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Shenandoah
Tagged Arm & Hammer, bird cards, Childhood, Depression, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, mother's drawer, Ruth Berryman, Ruth Merica, Shenandoah, tea party
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Happy Not Anniversary
Today is not my wedding anniversary. But my husband and I celebrate the date every year. This morning he gave me a big hug and said, “Do you know what today is?” I thought for a second and said, “Oh, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1736, Anniversary, genealogy, March 4th, Not Anniversary, Pennsylvania, Scotland, Sir John Boyd
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John Fitch, Chapter 1: Soon to be a Major Motion Picture!
John Fitch and I are second cousins eight times removed. That means my ninth great grandfather was his second great-grandfather, and my eighth great grandfather was his great-granduncle. It’s nothing I’d get too excited over. Except that I wouldn’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, captive, Colonies, guns, John Fitch, map, mapmaker, silversmith, steamboat
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