A Brilliant Death: My Grandmother, 2003
Probably few who passed my grandmother on the street would have thought of her as a “great woman.” Yet, I would beg to differ. Not that anyone is passing her now. At least if they are, they’re more… Read More
No Safe Spaces: My Ancestors Arrive in Kansas, 1876
An actual description of my great, great, great grandparents arriving in Hays, Kansas: “Their presence is unmistakable; for where they are there is also something else, – a smell so pungent and potent as to make a strong… Read More
Solemnity of St. Joseph the Worker
Every year on March 19th, my mother’s side of the family, the Volga (Russian) Germans, recited their prayer/vow to God. O God, whose attribute it is to be always merciful and to spare, protect us through the intercession… Read More
Stormfields 