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My Childhood Home

Golden V. Adams Jr.

When I was about four years old, mom and dad had finished the home on the farm at East Garland, Utah where I would grow up. We had been living in Tremonton in two different homes, at different times, on North Tremont Street where my grandfather, W.A. Adams had remodeled and...

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My Childhood Home

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I have so many fond memories of my childhood home at 70 Rockland St, Natick, Massachusetts. Surrounded by family farms, the little home was the first for my Mom and Dad to own. As their family grew to 10 kids Dad had to keep adding space. We were all packed into...

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A Gift From A Samoan To A Vietnamese To A Dying American GI

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Gift From a Samoan to a Vietnamese to a Dying American G.I. The following account is a bittersweet memory of the days when the Footloose Forester and his soul mate Thu were living in...

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Our 2012 Family Reunion in Park City, Utah

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Each year, we have had the tradition to get together as family--Diane and me and our posterity-- for a couple of days. This year, we opted to use bonus time at Park Plaze Resort in Park City, Utah where Diane and I are owners. The six families (ours and our five...

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My Stepfather, my closest friend

Alice Domagalski

Alice talks about her relationship with her stepfather

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Two of my childhood homes

Judith Black

Juidith talks about her childhood homes at Palmwoods and Mapleton, Queensland

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My favourite room

Jill Sayner

Jill talks about her favourite room in her home in Clare South Australia

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The Tree That Will Live Forever

Lisa Robins

When I was about 20 years old I remember my mother being so grieved about a walnut tree that was being cut down at her old homeplace. She asked the owner of her old homeplace for some of the wood. Finally, she decided to have picture frames made from the walnut...

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Lumpers And Splitters

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Lumpers and the Splitters At the interface of discussions between the generalists and the specialists, there always seems to be an unsettling void regarding the void, itself. Although seldom mentioned as an issue, filling in...

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My Father's table

Janice Ryan

MY FATHER’S TABLE No matter how meticulously the table was set, my father always moved the knife and fork either towards or away from the plate by about one thirty second of an inch. He worked in a factory making...

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Come And Sit, Friends And Neighbors

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek An Apple Tree Speaks Note dangling from our apple tree: FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS SIT AND REST AWHILE IN THE SHADE OF MY BRANCHES. ENJOY ONE OF MY APPLES WHILE RESTING. LOOK UP, LOOK...

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DONATION OF NEWCOMB LITTLE DAISY LOOM TO CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Caldwell County Historical Society

WE RECIEVED THE LITTLE DAISY LOOM FROM THE FAMILY OF MRS BLANCHE LOWERY (BRAYMER, MO) MRS LOWERY WAS STILL MAKING RUGS ON THE LOOM AS OF 2000. MRS LOWERY TOLD HER FAMILY THAT SHE WANTED THE LOOM TO STAY IN CALDWELL COUNTY. AFTER WE RECIEVED THE LOOM FROM THE LOWERY FAMILY,...

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Aunt Mary and the Hinman Place

Heirlooms To Go Ltd

Did you ever have a place you thought was magical during your childhood?

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My Childhood Home

Bob Sidler

Bob talks about his childhood home in Lockleys, a suburb of Adelaide

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More Early School Memories

Margaret Crowe

Margaret tells the tale of her first day at school and everything seemed better after that... Copied from St Giles Secondary School Occasional Papers

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My closest family member

Annette Lorenz

Annette talks about her sister - her closest family friend. Annette is the youngest in the photo.

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My cat Kia.

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

This is my cat Kia. He had many names over the years so that may be why he never came to us when we called to him....or he could have just been acting like a typical cat and coming when they wanted to. Either way, he's eating out of his food...

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Meeting A Young Navajo Artist

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Quick Stroll Around Four States It was not a stroll around the block…it was a circular promenade at the perimeters of four states. At Four Corners, the intersection point of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New...

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My Great Grandmother Callie Perdue Lynch

Patricia White

Callie Lynch was my maternal great grandmother who lived her entire life in the same community in central Virginia where she died in 1949. She was a mother and homemaker and had a husband who adored her. They had four sons and three daughters. My memory of her is how thin...