Monthly Archives: January 2008

Houston, we have a Jadzia

Well, we have been enjoying the Republic of Texas for the past 2 days. On Sunday we flew into Houston to visit with Yoli’s friend Sonja and her husband Jody and their two children. The flight itself went very well … Continue reading

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Beckers in North St. Louis

Just a little spinoff project from my family research. I’m making a map from all the addresses I can find on death certificates, censuses, etc. You can see that in the first part of the 20th century, the Beckers were … Continue reading

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Jadzia-ese

Jadzia is speaking so much better these days than she was months ago. She uses far more intelligible words and sentences, though they are often mixtures of Spanish and English. Here are a few interesting things she is saying (frequently) … Continue reading

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Tragedies in the tree

I spent Christmas evening with my extended family on the Becker side. It’s the first time in a number of years that I could make it to this celebration, since most years I have to work at the newspaper in … Continue reading

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