Tag Archives: history

SHOTS FROM THE FAMILY TREE

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Marc Kuhn

At the moment, I am once more poking around my family tree in my on-again/off-again attempt to chronicle my family.  I am lucky to have a nice collection of photos some of which I’ll share here.  I’ve posted some of … Continue reading →

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The Pope’s Stone, Retooled

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Marc Kuhn

Finally! I get to check off one of the older items on my To-Do List! Eight years ago I published my first attempt at writing an adult novel. It was titled THE POPE’S STONE and while any writer’s first novel … Continue reading →

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DID YOU MISS ME?

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Marc Kuhn

No, you don’t have to answer the title question…It is obvious that while I have been very busy and simply didn’t have the time or energy (more the latter) to pound out a substantive posting since December 21st (egads!), you … Continue reading →

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UP IN SMOKE!

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Marc Kuhn

First, a Hurricane Dorian Update since it was the topic of my last posting…Lucky us, we may have dodged a bullet as the latest tracking has Dorian heading north.  This means we will not get the brunt of the storm, … Continue reading →

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WHAT DREAMS WERE MADE OF

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Marc Kuhn

I do not remember where I was on November 25, 1946.  Afterall, I was only a few months past my first birthday.  But thanks to my dad’s sense of history he put away that week’s edition of LIFE Magazine, its … Continue reading →

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The Big Move, on again!

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Marc Kuhn

Two months back, Rosemarie and I were in the process of packing up the house and preparing to sell it and move to a smaller place.  It’s a common exercise many of us our age go through when we realize … Continue reading →

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MY MYSTERY FAMILY PHOTOS

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Marc Kuhn

I have been going through some of those packed-away boxes we all keep stored and hidden on the top shelf of a closet. Some day, we tell ourselves, we will go through them and get them all organized…but that never … Continue reading →

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GOODBYE SEARS!

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Marc Kuhn

  Goodbye Sears.  Thanks for all the good things you sold me. It’s almost un-American to even think you may not be around much longer after some 130 years.  I know, it’s been a slow death.  Sears has been trying … Continue reading →

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A GLORIOUS DAY!

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Marc Kuhn

Today is May 12th. It’s not a particularly outstanding date on the calendar. I looked it up and, of course, there were some historical events that took place on this day. Here are some of the highlights: Race car driver … Continue reading →

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IT’S ALL IN THE GENES

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Marc Kuhn

A few months back I spit into a small tube and mailed it off to Ancestry.com which promised to trace my genetic history back to oblivion and beyond…or somewhere around that time.  As  a result, my eastern European Jewish background … Continue reading →

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