World History and Genealogy
My father loved telling stories about our family whenever visitors came for dinner or a card game. Typically, visitors would sit facing two photos of men on the wall, one young and one old. Both lives faced great upheavals, one whose life was fortunate while the other’s was tragic. The portraits of these two are … Read more
The Legends of Guaire The Hospitable, Saint Patrick, Niall of the Nine Hostages, and My Great Grandmother Catherine Hynes My ancestry has people from nearly half the countries in today’s European Union. But of all those countries, it is Ireland that I have identified with the most. I have enjoyed all the superficial trappings of … Read more
I love history. Reading about history and traveling to historic places are things I have enjoyed for years. Mostly I was drawn to World History, having lived in 6 different Asian countries over the last few decades. As a kid I watched a lot of war movies and westerns with my dad on the sofa, … Read more
