My Roots Run Deep

Stories From My Family History

Canoeing

As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots on the river. We usually had at...

Trespassers

One of my favorite places to go and walk through nature is some property we own by the river. There used to be a bridge that my children had named the Dangerous Bridge, it was old with holes working their way though the floor so that you could look down as you...

Fixing a Car (Not so conventional)

Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that's a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad's friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad.... though none of it is...

Meal (the one that shaped me most?)

I have the Becoming journal and have slowly been working on it. I was just faced with the question about the most memorable meal. Of course over time I've had lots of family meals that meant a lot to me, and I can remember getting together with friends and family....

Memories from the Table

After moving we stored things we couldn't use in a shed until we could figure out what to do. One of those things was an antique Duncan Phyfe dining room table from my aunt Kate - my Grandmother's sister. My aunt Kate had been married twice and couldn't have children....

Too Much or Not Enough

Every so often I wonder if I did enough or too much for my kids and I think back to how much my parents did when I was growing up. I frequently think about what my parents didn't do.... but there are things my parents did. When I was in school one of my desires was to...

The Honey Bear

Our families first deer, Bambi, came from a man in Danville who had collected animals. He had a wild array of animals and had decided to get rid of them. I still remember going to his house and waiting in the house seeing his monkey and others while my dad went out to...

Buffalo Escape… Why have Buffalo? (Others escaped too)

Buffalo who have escaped in the next county have been all over the news this week. A family that farms has been raising them for meat and a herd broke the fence. The school bus was driving their route and happened to come upon a herd of buffalo and alerted everyone....

Interesting Stories from History – Ida M Fisher

Apr 28, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

Every so often you find a story as you search that is interesting. Ida M Fisher - The wife of Paul Scheffler apparently shot herself according to the newspaper article. What's even more interesting is that the newspaper article not only tells what the cause of her...

Ciao! – Finding Family

Apr 19, 2015 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

My great grandmother came to the US by ship in the early 1900s. My great grandfather was sent over first to find work and then my great grandmother followed within a couple years with three girls. I can't even imagine how difficult that journey was! I've visited Ellis...

Generation after Generation!

Apr 18, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

So my father is a farmer, his father was a farmer, and his father and so on..... At what point do you admit that the line ends at your generation? Can you call yourself a farmer if you know you will take over and just cash rent out the land? What about when you pass...

Here Comes That Dirty Cop!

Apr 5, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

It's funny (funny strange) thinking back now on how funny and well liked my dad was. Right now he mostly sits in his chair and watches tv. When people come over he doesn't really talk much to them, and that includes me. It's hard to reconcile the person he is today...

Snow Days

Feb 22, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

Kentucky is having a lot of snow right now. It made me a little nervous to venture out, knowing I don't have my dad to come rescue me if I venture into a snow drift! Growing up, dad was the person everyone called to pull them out of the snow drifts as they went off...

Twinkie Break

Jan 11, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

Over the years, I remember taking canoe trips many times each summer. Many were family trips and some were just our family. Usually a whole group would go! Sometimes aunts and friends would ride in inter-tubes, some would take canoes, and the kids would get their...

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