. . .were made for tying (or buttoning) . . . I've been looking at vintage photos on the Swedish Roots website and other sites such as Pinterest, this time taking special notice of the shoes on little kids. Since my stepchildren were 15 and 17 years old when I "got them" in 1992, I've …
No, I sincerely doubt if that's him. Frank is first mentioned on this blog by Foster in "Why You Probably Shouldn't Try to Eat a Broom". I guess you know I haven't given up on finding Frank. I won't go so far as to say it's become an obsession with me, but I've spent hours …
Ludington Daily News If you've read "Letters to Emil, Part 1", then you will recognize the front page article about the fire at the Rath building in 1916. Since I found the website with articles from before 1930, I have been fascinated with the Ludington Daily News. So this time we're going to take "Letters …
Learning Swedish from "Google Translate" This is my great grandfather, Nels Johnson, in his tailor shop in Ludington, Michigan. I'm not sure of the date, or of the exact location, because he had a few different shops in Ludington over the years. If you remember, he's the one who made the wool quilt that Foster …
Nana's Whimsical World 