The Mystery Spot

My Aunt sent me a cassette of I'm Your Man when it came out in 1988. I'd never really listened to Leonard Cohen before, so chalk up ...

We're staying on the first floor of an apartment/hotel. The ceilings are super high and the bedrooms are set back far enough that we do ...

My Mother died five years ago this December. Last night I had what I believe is the first dream I've had with her in it, at least what I...

When people are looking through over 40 years of your life on one side of the room, and you are on the other - holding forth and making gin ...

Back on Long Island for a visit. Just a visit. For a change there are no funerals to attend. The weather has been oddly glorious for early N...

My third Great-Grandfather, Joseph Plunkett served in the army with the Massachusetts Volunteers during The Civil War. His arm was either in...

Among my Aunt's possessions were letters my Great Uncle sent to his brother during World War II. I'm hoping to find time to scan the...

I'm writing this from the parlor of a B&B that was built in the late 19th century and once owned by the family that exported Mumm Ch...

When I buy Irish Whiskey, and it’s rare that I do, it’s Bushmill’s. This gets people up in arms about Protestant Whiskey and a beverage bein...

Been going in on Ancestry the past couple of weeks. Got over 300 names in the tree and there are still more to go. At the point where I'...

How does a parent tell their 14 year old non-verbal child that the world has changed? I’ve had to tell him about the deaths of Grandparents ...

Traveled last weekend and came back with a sickness that has been kicking my ass this week. All the humidity on Long Island combined with go...

Of the documents and photos I inherited this is one of my most respected. Alfred Dewhurst was my paternal Grandfather's Grandfather....

Scanned a few more pictures tonight. There are so many and it's hard for me to figure out how to label them when there is no information...

When I went through my Aunt's belongings after she died, I found a lot of the genealogy I was looking for, a few things she held onto af...

Finally opened up the genealogy binder that I found (in the last place I looked) in my Aunt's apartment and started plugging data into a...

Found out yesterday that my Father-in-Law's Cousin's Wife died. Finally got to meet her during our last visit in June. Lovely woman,...

My Aunt Sandy died on Friday. After she retired, her health deteriorated. It makes me angry that such an active person was not able to enjoy...

The past two nights have consisted of me being home alone, as my wife is working, waiting for a phone call/email/message that will contain t...

It's a struggle that has nothing to do with agoraphobia but it's a time a year when I just do not want to leave the house. Another...