Twitter, Moving, History & Art
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Art, Blogging, Domicile, Familia, History | No Comments »Blogging has definitely slowed lately. I blame Twitter—I've been enjoying its strength as a place to make temporary, pithy comments that don't require much time or thought investment. Maybe that says something about how valuable/worthless my Twitter posts are, though ...
My Uncle Junior Died
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Familia | 13 Comments »My Great-Uncle Junior died this week. Harry O. Hendricks Jr. (1924-2008) was my late grandfather's brother. He lived just down the street from my Grandpa in a town so small everyone is a neighbor (and related, as my wife often ...
Thankful to be Home
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Adoption, Familia, Vacation | No Comments »700 miles, 12 hours, 4 podcasts, 2 half-listened-to audio books, a lot of U2 and one puking incident. It's been a long day, but we're finally back in the Twin Cities after three days in Kansas (and two on the ...
Death by Football
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Familia | No Comments »My first cousin three times removed, Andrew J. Reeves, died in a football game in 1920 at the age of 24. No further details, just "Andrew killed in football game." No wonder I've never cared to play much football. (If you're trying ...
Hunting on a Sunday
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Posted in Familia, God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »As you may remember I've been into family history lately. When I was last in Kansas I borrowed the history book of First Baptist Church of Ellinwood, the church my parents attend, my grandparents attend, and I'm apparently related to ...
Not ‘Grateful’ To Be Adopted
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in Adoption, Familia | No Comments »Last week when I blogged about our pre-adoption classes I mentioned a quote from an adoptee that summed up some of the tensions inherent in being adopted. I thought it'd be more helpful to read the actual quote, so here ...
No Place Like Kansas
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Children, Familia, Vacation | 1 Comment »After a delayed flight, Lexi and I returned from our daddy-daughter weekend in Kansas the other night. She slept most of the flight down and mostly entertained herself on the flight back (to the point that I could sit next ...
Fun Stories in my Family History
Friday, July 6th, 2007 Posted in Familia | 9 Comments »About a month ago I dove into the web 2.0 fun of genealogies with Geni.com. Since then my family tree has grown to include 1,800+ family members (which I believe puts us in the top 100 for Geni.com family trees, ...
Family Trees Made Fun
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 Posted in Familia | 2 Comments »Ah, web 2.0 has finally hit the old skool field of genealogies. Enter Geni.com. It's a site that lets you enter your family tree--and we're talking more than just straight lines back. It's got siblings and cousins and in-laws and exes ...
Uncle Mike
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Posted in Familia | No Comments »Uncle Mike, originally uploaded by Kevin D. Hendricks. This is Lexi being held for the first time by her beaming Uncle Mike during our recent trip to Green Bay. Gotta love that smile.
