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So, It Is.
17 May 2022

So, It Is.

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 2

Florence Bekker was seven years old, and about to leave the only home she had ever known.

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Iowa, Rodman, Florence Bekker
Piestengel
17 May 2022

Piestengel

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 4

Amana techs discovered that micro-wave technology, designed as a weapon, could cook your dinner.

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Iowa, Piestengel, Amana
Faced Towards the Future
11 May 2022

Faced Towards the Future

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 2

“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

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Family, Kansas City, Helen Shepherd
Imagination
11 May 2022

Imagination

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History, Travel | 0

“I’m just a farm boy from Missouri who hides behind a mouse and a duck”. – Walt Disney

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More Research Required
11 May 2022

More Research Required

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, Uncategorized | 0

Singular, or Plural

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Omaha
8 May 2022

Omaha

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 0

If I have a travel bug, these two
share much of the blame.

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Omaha, Nebraska, Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins
The Tribe
21 Apr 2022

The Tribe

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 1

“Nobody sits or stands before him in the canoe.” – Chief Wickaninnish

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Tofino, Wickaninnish, Potlatch, The Tribe
Nai Tebe Kachka Kopne!
31 Mar 2022

Nai Tebe Kachka Kopne!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Grains of Truth, History | 2

Forty years ago this week, I got kicked by a duck.

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Ukranian, Christmas
Old Man and the Sea
31 Mar 2022

Old Man and the Sea

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History | 0

Life, in an Upright Position.

Click on JFK’s crutches for details…

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Hemingway, J.F. Kennedy, Dolly Parton, Winston Churchill
Second-Best Haircut
31 Mar 2022

Second-Best Haircut

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History, History | 0

“Any Haircut that ends with two ears is a good one”. – Grandpa Billy Paton

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    Liz, How adventurous! Neither Timbuktu, nor Russian aircraft, are accessible these days. You are fortunate to have made the trip…

  2. elizabeth Seale on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Russ: I am lucky to have been to both Timbuktu in 2000 and Tuk in about 2019. We actually drove…

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    Thank You Liz, A friend of Autumn's is a friend of mine....

  4. elizabeth Seale on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Great piece. I was very fond of your dad and I see you have inherited his skill with words. Liz…

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    Now, there’s a topic for another time! 🤩

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