Was King Arthur really a Scot?
I am reading a fascinating book called Realm of the Ring Lords, which looks at ancient legends to see if there may have been some basis in fact to them. It goes into a lot of cool things like dragon...
View ArticleA mystery – what does it mean, this skull wearing glasses?
Is this a skull wearing glasses? When I was in Scotland I found an old mausoleum that had some carvings around the inside wall. One of them was of a skull that seemed to be wearing glasses. I have...
View ArticleThe Trail of the Covered Wagon
If these old wheels could talk… I’m probably spending too much time on genealogy stuff and not enough time on other things I could be doing. It’s how I relax, though, and the “other stuff” will wait...
View ArticleSkull wearing glasses, Part II
If you’ve been reading my blog, you may recall an entry I wrote about a carving of a skull I found in a Kirkpatrick mausoleum. The skull appeared to be wearing glasses. Is this a skull wearing glasses?...
View ArticleWallace’s House
Going through all the family history material I have amassed over the years, I find treasure now and then. This has to do with Wallace’s House, which is, I believe, sometimes confused as “Watties...
View ArticleDigging into the past again after quite some time!
Ghosts of distant past Whisper through the years to me “Please tell our story.”
View ArticleVintage film of Alkali Lake in 1946
I’ve written about Alkali Lake a few times. It is where Herman Otto Bowe settled and where the wild football game great uncle Sam wrote about took place. So, imagine my surprise and joy when cousin...
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