My Trails into the Past

I am participating in the The Book of Me, Written by You project which will last 15 months. Prompt for week 9 is Halloween.  Have you ever participated in a Halloween event? When was it? Where was it? What did you dress as? Trick or treat ? Halloween was always a fun time when I was young. We lived on a small street with only a few houses, so Trick or Treating went by pretty fast. Mrs. Peterson at the end of the block always had some really nice home-baked goodies to eat and hot chocolate. At the other houses we got the typical miniature candies. Only Mr. Gardner would give us apples! Some years our parents drove us over to a block with lots of houses. These streets had sidewalks so it was much safer for us to walk. They would park at one end and wait while we hit both sides of the street. I went Trick or Treating until I was about 12 or so. After that I took my sisters Trick or Treating and waited for them to dole out some candy to me. I don’t remember too many ...

I am participating in the The Book of Me, Written by You project which will last 15 months. Prompt for week 8 is Time Capsule. ·          You can choose who to create the time capsule for as that will influence what you put (or would put into your time capsule). ·          The creation of a time capsule: o     you can do this in the literal sense or o     you can simply write what you would place into your time capsule and why. It is much more fun to create though! This is an interesting concept. What would I put into a time capsule so that some future descendant would know a bit about me? Genealogies will have all the facts but this time capsule should have the items that tell about my feels and character, and perhaps would I love to do and what is important to me. GS vest, Troll, SF cap, Softball photo From my childhood, I would put in one of my Troll do...

I am participating in the The Book of Me, Written by You project which will last 15 months. Prompt for week 7 is Grandparents. What were their names? Where were they from? Were they related? – Cousins perhaps Where were they born, another Country or state/area Photos What did they do? Did you know them? What was your relationship with them? If you didn't know them have you researched about them? Intro I knew three of my four grandparents. My mother’s parents, Tom J & Pansy Johnston lived in Pleasant Hill, California not far from us. We called them Tom-Tom and Mam-ma. My father’s mother, Anne M. Hork lived across the street from us in Pittsburg but when we moved to Walnut Creek, she moved to Burlingame and San Mateo. We called her Nana. She was separated from my grandfather, so I never met him and he died when I was 13. All of my grandparents have since died. Mom’s Parents Tom-Tom and Mam-ma were born in Texas, married in Texas, and had my mother in Texas. Dur...