I'm still recovering from several recent surgeries and in fact, things have been going poorly, are very challenging. Complications from one emergency surgery may be leading places I don't want to go but have little choice. I haven't been able to write, post, email, do much of anything and that can be difficult so I …
Continue reading A New Picture Post with Much-Needed Updates!
My mother, Nancy Elizabeth Page Lipscomb Holstad, died one year ago today on August 5, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her funeral took place on August 11, several days later. Despite being nearly a century old, it was a bit of a shock as she lived alone in her own condo, had been slowing down but …
Continue reading One Year Anniversary Today. RIP Mom.
I can't say enough good things about this book. It's not only a go-to resource for me, but it's virtually daily reading material. Though I've never really publicly discussed much of anything, my mother's family -- both maternal and paternal -- were prominent families related to a million other prominent families, as was so very …
Hi y'all! Sorry posts have been sparse lately. Those of you who have been with me for awhile know I've been living with severe health problems for a long time and these have really been worsening in many ways over the past year and a half, made complicated by injuries and emergency surgeries. I've also …
Continue reading Running Behind! Some Short, Quick Posts Coming Up.
I just want to wish my wonderful, lovely, smart, tough, talented & awesome partner & wife, Gretchen, a wonderful birthday today! How about a couple of semi-recent photos of us together, eh?
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