At the Bottom of the Atlantic
On April 6, 1889, the SS Danmark sank in the mid-Atlantic.
Our Great Grandfather Frederik Bekker was on board.
Blue Eyes, and a Touch of Larceny
The inspector took one look at the rank horse, closed the door, and said, “Well, these seem healthy enough.”
So, It Is.
Florence Bekker was seven years old, and about to leave the only home she had ever known.
Piestengel
Amana techs discovered that micro-wave technology, designed as a weapon, could cook your dinner.
Faced Towards the Future
“Still… If I had gone back when I was supposed to, I would have had no life in Canada and wouldn’t be sitting here writing this over-long letter” – Helen Shepherd
Imagination
“I’m just a farm boy from Missouri who hides behind a mouse and a duck”. – Walt Disney
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Singular, or Plural
Omaha
If I have a travel bug, these two
share much of the blame.
The Tribe
“Nobody sits or stands before him in the canoe.” – Chief Wickaninnish
Nai Tebe Kachka Kopne!
Forty years ago this week, I got kicked by a duck.