Yesterday, another obituary and eighty-one individuals added to my Ancestry database. Another milestone: Forty-eight thousand…  Another adventure: Experiment with the Instant Pot.

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I rarely eat meat; fruit and veggies have been my preference for decades. A dear friend recommended the Instant Pot for “meals made simple.” I’ve been going “confinement crazy“ and craved old-fashioned “comfort food.”

The same tired, worn-out message.

Since I published the other post (less than an hour ago), this picture arrived in my email. I’m not positive; they may be Old German Baptist Brethren or Mennonite. Both faiths wear similar garments.

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My extended family is a vast forest. Two-hundred-forty-nine individuals added in one day. ~~ The date is incorrect on the “numbers” image posted yesterday. ‘Twas the third of February.

Too many hours at the computer, on Ancestry.com. The individuals who contact me are, likewise, spending hours documenting their family (because of isolation due to Coronavirus). They “find” my information and contact me with questions. It makes me so happy to provide the details they lack–and I invariably run into an unexpected “Frantz wife.”  It’s uncanny!! I’m “working with” unfamiliar surnames in unfamiliar locations and MIRACULOUSLY a “Frantz wife” fourth cousin.

Last night, half the night, I was wide awake (pleading “Lorraine, go to sleep, Lorraine, go to sleep”) and I questioned myself “What was his name? He was so helpful.”  Then I remembered “Lester Binnie.”  He provided so much information, and drove me around to the local cemeteries, while I was on a research trip to North Manchester, Indiana, (1996?). “No, he wasn’t in my database but a search on Ancestry provided the man and about fifty sources.”

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Two weeks after the purchase of the hot pot, I tasted the pinto beans that were the test product.

Will Christians face persecution under Biden like Jews were persecuted by Hitler? Deprogramming camps for Trump supporters?