¡Buenos días a todos from the Old Pueblo! It’s 8am and 84F (28.9C) with an expected high of 92F (33.3C). Good News!!! It rained (deluge) for about 1/2 hour Thursday afternoon. The requests I made of some of you to send rain during last week’s chat along with my daily rain dance paid off! Thank you!
Speaking of weather, I have been very concerned for those of you living in our Pacific northwestern states AND British Columbia! I was speechless when I heard the temperature soared to 121F in Lytton! I have been very saddened to hear of the numerous heat-related deaths in Vancouver, Washington State and Oregon. Everyone has been in my positive healing intentions.
I heard from my brother and they are postponing their visit. Originally, Lev and Sue were to arrive on July 20th. After hearing of our extreme highs during these summer months, they decided to delay their visit until November or December. While it is a wise move, I had looked forward to seeing them. PIP, I would suggest you postpone your visit to our Sonoran desert until it cools down. While it’s a ‘dry’ heat, it’s still heat! To be honest, I have not been faring well in this weather. These health problems, MS, cerebral arteriosclerosis and lumbar stenosis are leaving me beyond fatigued. I can be in the middle of a paper, or working on Wikitree and fatigue slaps me in the face such that I literally put my head down on the desk before it slams onto the desk.
Since State Fair is being held this year, I’ve arranged my flight to Milwaukee in August. I will spend a week visiting my mum in the memory center (she is going to outlive me), see daughter and grandson, my siblings, nieces and nephews. And, of course, stuff my way across the State Fair grounds. Corn on the cob dipped in butter, baked potatoes laden with butter, goat milk, grilled cheese sandwiches, hot fudge sundaes, cream puffs. Wisconsin rightly deserves to be known as ‘America’s Dairyland.’ In the past two of my nieces have entered various goods for judging, items such as jams and jellies, pies, cakes and so forth. They’ve done very well, too, winning 2nd and 3rd place ribbons and even blue ribbons. I don’t know if they are entering anything this year, but I hope so. I enjoy watching the judging. My sister tells me that some of the performers include Boyz II Men, Billy Idol, Brothers Osborne (never heard of them), Chris Young (who???), Hank Williams Jr (meh), and the BEACH BOYS! Now we’re talking! I saw the Beach Boys in concert in 1966. I wouldn’t mind seeing them again! Plus, the Wilson boys and I are 8th cousins through Phebe (Baldwin) Richardson. The very best performances at State Fair, however, was Willie Nelson. He worked our fair for maybe four or five times in a row back in the 1980s. I was working in hospice and those of us who didn’t have to work were at the Fair as a part of Willie’s sold out crowds! And we ‘flicked our Bics’ during Amazing Grace. I love Willie. We only sang Willie Nelson songs to our patients in hospice when we were doing baths, and the patients would sing along.
As to genealogy, I added a few more profiles to the Phyfe family, my daughter’s paternal line. I then noticed that some of my Lister/Green family (Yorkshire) were more than a little wonk, so I spent the past few days initiating three merges for three definite duplicates. Plus, these profiles didn’t have decent profiles not to mention lack of sourcing so I dug around for that information. Then I ran into what I can only call a major cleanup on the Bolling aisle! I traced the male line found some six generations. I noticed that Jo Fitz-Henry PPPd one of the Bollings because of repeated duplication. I posted a message listing the generations from around 1450 to 1640-ish and listed four references that provide information on this clan. I suggested that some of the England team take on providing bios and sources to clean this family up. The 1450-ish profile was a trip. No sourcing, but someone (name withheld) wrote, “...based on personal information.” What! From a previous incarnation? From a past life regression? I grind my teeth when I see this sort of thing even in the 1800s, but the 15th century is a bit far-fetched!
Pipster, again, thanks ever so much for leading us in the chat. I wish you and all of our chatters a very joyful and fun-filled 4th of July. I’ll probably celebrate by installing a new drum in my old Brother printer so that I can print out information to add to profiles. You all take care, stay safe, stay cool!