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  • My Civil War Ancestor (Union)

    August 19, 2026

    I’ve been on a big American Civil War kick this year and have been tearing through books about it. It really fascinates me because it seems like such a crossover point between the old and the new, ...

  • Hiawatha Festival and wildfire smoke

    July 17, 2026

    View of the hazardous-level wildfire smoke drifting down the street from my porch. Great post written here by my brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas Michael Kates, DO. I’m reposting it so that peopl...

  • Honeymoon—Sweden

    July 09, 2026

    In the morning, during breakfast, it was clear we were close to our destination. We went topside and looked out around us. We had arrived in Sweden! It was beautiful to come in by boat. We sa...

  • Honeymoon—Finland

    July 08, 2026

    We have made our way back from our trip through the Nordic countries. It was very beautiful, both in terms of the cities and nature. I’ll be adding a post for each country we visited over the next ...