Tag: History
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Rise of Empires: Ottoman
History is so fascinating. I love comparing life today to life in the past. What have we learned? What errors are we repeating? My Uncle John got me hooked on history through tales he wove somewhere around fifth grade for me. I will be the first to admit I’m not one to dig through dry…
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Highlighted Blog #17 – DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Love a good story? This site will have you spell-bound. The author has a gift for research and bringing the past alive. It’s not a site to check out with a glance. It’s more of a “get ready to immerse” sort of site. For example, check out this narrative from the author’s ancestor, told in…
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Highlighted Blog #11 – Growing With God
A friend of mine writes this one, and of course, I have to follow it. But it’s not friend-obligation that makes me look forward to reading it. I believe in God, but I find that thoughts on Bible passages are not all I want for when I have my quite time with God. I want…
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We Helped Make History
There are many things I love about this rural area I have come to call my home. One of our greatest treasures is our library. Run almost entirely by volunteers, it’s the one in which we hold our WordPress meetups. Yesterday it moved. Not by itself, of course. And not the building, really. To be more precise…