tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post181691046153071020..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Captivated By StoryJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-85403738140023941212014-05-16T17:58:41.722-07:002014-05-16T17:58:41.722-07:00You're right, Far Side: at least you are getti...You're right, Far Side: at least you are getting that glimpse. And that stoic way may be part of their story, too. For some, feelings just weren't what they wrote about. <i>Your</i> reflections on what you are reading become part of the story, as well. It takes <i>your</i> knowing how challenging it is, day to day, to live through a Minnesota winter to provide the insight into the actual difficulties they faced. An annotated version of their diary--inserting your comments into specific spots in their narrative as you react to what you are reading--would be one way for you to pass along Far Guy's grandparents' legacy to your own descendants. Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-49260945825458804062014-05-16T17:52:34.494-07:002014-05-16T17:52:34.494-07:00Sometimes, it takes a lot of reading between the l...Sometimes, it takes a lot of reading between the lines...connecting the dots...conjecture. Can't happen without stepping back and taking in the <i>bigger</i> big picture.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-51271096395692247172014-05-16T06:21:26.891-07:002014-05-16T06:21:26.891-07:00I am still transcribing that Farm Diary I am in 19...I am still transcribing that Farm Diary I am in 1918 now..and wonder how my husbands Grandparents survived Minnesota in winter...but they did. I wish they would write more about their feelings...but at least I am getting a glimpse into their lives:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-67886765064542014882014-05-16T04:44:51.329-07:002014-05-16T04:44:51.329-07:00Ah, the "why did they do that?" and &quo...Ah, the "why did they do that?" and "what made them do this?" questions... they have always been foremost in my mind - and are hard questions to answer - those things aren't recorded in censuses.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com