tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post69685735827438242..comments2023-12-01T15:15:00.963-08:00Comments on Linda_Hensley: "Separated"Linda Hensleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-61955252100849216402011-12-16T12:35:28.241-08:002011-12-16T12:35:28.241-08:00Thanks Richard! You're right, we are missing ...Thanks Richard! You're right, we are missing a lot of what life was like in the past. Fun to imagine through the postcards though :)Linda Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-83967877555946577112011-12-14T18:42:30.963-08:002011-12-14T18:42:30.963-08:00It is utterly fascinating to me to read old commun...It is utterly fascinating to me to read old communications.... There is so much going on in the ambiance of the past that we are only slightly aware of, but is often tipped at in the writing. It brings home how we are subtle strangers to eras not of our own.<br /><br /><br />very cool.Richard Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339718829457133353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-45634789059029471502011-12-13T15:25:21.493-08:002011-12-13T15:25:21.493-08:00I'd be fascinated to read your site about the ...I'd be fascinated to read your site about the WWI PTSD Lacy. I guess that kind of shows that we are leaving things behind for future generations, even if it's just in electrons instead of ink. Thanks for the comments everybody!Linda Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-64530234127363799662011-12-13T09:28:21.957-08:002011-12-13T09:28:21.957-08:00Love this post. I too save things from the past. ...Love this post. I too save things from the past. When my grandmother died, I got a box full of papers that told the story of WWI PTSD and how her family (my mother and aunt) lived in poverty until my grandmother sued the government for granddaddy's pension. I'm working on starting a website to post the material - I figure someday the kids who are oblivious now will want to know about their history. Like k.h.whitaker said, that's a bummer!Lacygnette - URL in developmenthttp://terrilewis1.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-74767126589819066872011-12-13T07:30:20.695-08:002011-12-13T07:30:20.695-08:00It's wonderful that you have all of those post...It's wonderful that you have all of those postcards and letters. I love looking at special family things like this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174489049358901345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-55397263271625217012011-12-12T18:37:42.815-08:002011-12-12T18:37:42.815-08:00Like your post linking past posts to this present ...Like your post linking past posts to this present one. Agree with Sharon, very clever indeed!Rand MacIvorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769540503437221828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-80024396047744390702011-12-12T05:42:26.812-08:002011-12-12T05:42:26.812-08:00"Why on earth don't your write?" To..."Why on earth don't your write?" Too funny. And right to the point. Very clever post!Sharon Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683868787160249441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-21933524471494450172011-12-11T16:37:51.861-08:002011-12-11T16:37:51.861-08:00Thanks everybody! I have more postcards. Maybe I...Thanks everybody! I have more postcards. Maybe I'll post more sometime. Maybe I'll write some to people sometime too because Bella's right and our generation isn't leaving many written things behind like this.Linda Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-84234737233956174692011-12-11T14:06:30.238-08:002011-12-11T14:06:30.238-08:00Heisann!
I know what you mean telling us how hard...Heisann!<br /><br />I know what you mean telling us how hard it is to separate from this that have belong to your family.<br />In November I could not stand selling the house where grandma, father and I lived in, so I offered my sister to buy her out of the inheritance. Could I say so? Now I have both this house and the house where I am living in.<br />My sister call me crazy collecting all old things that would have been destroyed if I had not cared for them!<br /><br />Postcards are great cultural history, the photos and the text are worth sharing like you do!<br />Thanks a lot.<br />Have a nice week, Linda ;:OD)Vilt og vakkerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688296268646190784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-247219029081378902011-12-11T14:06:01.455-08:002011-12-11T14:06:01.455-08:00Great to hear about your family history Linda...th...Great to hear about your family history Linda...the postcards are so interesting. I find family history fascinating...a cousin of my Dad's took our family on his side back to the 1750s! Love the SWALK pink envelope!<br />Jane xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742664269417361941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-69363507942441588402011-12-11T12:16:18.700-08:002011-12-11T12:16:18.700-08:00Wow, what great history! I haven't saved too ...Wow, what great history! I haven't saved too many letters from my college days, and now I try to delete as many emails as I can. It's kind of sad to think that the current generations won't have as many treasured bits of letters and postcards to leave behind. Those photos are wonderful, and so is your envelope. <br /><br />Last year, a kind gentleman showed us some very old postcards he had been collecting. It was very interesting to note that 100 years ago, all you needed was a name and a town and your postcard would get delivered.Bella Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139728758198482234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-85510500476138140672011-12-11T09:56:57.897-08:002011-12-11T09:56:57.897-08:00What an interesting take on the prompt. I love th...What an interesting take on the prompt. I love the old letters too!<br /><br />Similarly, apparently there's a lot of money on my dad's side somewhere - but of course none of it flows to me.Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853360875281742784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-31880857304880272062011-12-10T07:53:50.096-08:002011-12-10T07:53:50.096-08:00You always make the most interesting and entertain...You always make the most interesting and entertaining posts Linda. I grew up with a lot of pottery, pitchers mostly, because my grandmother collected them. When we were stationed in Europe I use to send them to her from where ever we went. I didn't know until she developed Alzheimer's and ended up with some of the collection that apparently a family member made them. She had fallen and a good many of them are broken, but her family name is stamped into most of them. Its too bad that there is no one to tell me the story :( Bummerk.h.whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987337506335691981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-68690220529305873332011-12-10T06:53:41.528-08:002011-12-10T06:53:41.528-08:00We're all a part of a long line if we take the...We're all a part of a long line if we take the time to sort out the clues they left behind. Elizabeth's census suggestion got me inspired to spend quite a bit of time looking up more people in the census records. BTW, George was my great grandpa's son from a previous marriage. Grandpa didn't get any of the millions either :) I suppose he had everything he wanted anyway when he was old. Thanks for the comments!Linda Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-57725036825721355982011-12-10T06:19:15.802-08:002011-12-10T06:19:15.802-08:00Indeed a lovely tribute and very nice photo's....Indeed a lovely tribute and very nice photo's. Funny text about not having a direct relation to the millions :-)<br />PaulaMindful Drawinghttp://www.mindfuldrawing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-18531679381493947192011-12-09T15:02:14.320-08:002011-12-09T15:02:14.320-08:00This is a lovely tribute. Well done.This is a lovely tribute. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-29069415324490755362011-12-09T14:18:41.650-08:002011-12-09T14:18:41.650-08:00Well, well I admire your sense of history and how ...Well, well I admire your sense of history and how you realise that you are part of a long line. I see a lot of people in my job and I often ask the history of their surname - and most don't know or haven't bothered to ask their folks. That kills me. <br /><br />You are very lucky and very smart to have all that information at your fingertips. Things like this give us a sense of our place in the universe. Nothing like stepping out of ourselves to gain a different perspective.<br /><br />It scares me :)<br /><br />Oh, the envelope is Loveley, with capital "L"!<br /><br />avagoodweegend Linda :) (I am at work ugh)Andrew Finniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877768852340470022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-85649440807580305912011-12-09T13:04:09.227-08:002011-12-09T13:04:09.227-08:00Excellent suggestion Elizabeth! It's an S! I...Excellent suggestion Elizabeth! It's an S! I really didn't like the idea of not getting my grandpa's name right and checked a few censuses just to make sure. Thanks for the comment Mary Lou!Linda Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929626735450807904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-80923135909356188492011-12-09T12:37:43.859-08:002011-12-09T12:37:43.859-08:00Love the pink envelope! Absolutely fascinating pos...Love the pink envelope! Absolutely fascinating post. Try checking old census records--might shed some light on Winter(s) question.Elizabeth Rose Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725663688810441280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639676523379057364.post-22689947858256167402011-12-09T10:50:39.638-08:002011-12-09T10:50:39.638-08:00Very nice. I enjoyed the trip down
memory lane. Y...Very nice. I enjoyed the trip down <br />memory lane. Your pink envelope is very sweet.Mary Lou Rosato-Cainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476116074539375337noreply@blogger.com