Wednesday, April 29, 2015

View from the Porch

My front porch, late April, 2015, photo by Midge Frazel
View from the Porch

As I prepare for warmer weather, some might think that genealogy will take a back step in my life for the summer. In the summer months I take my new iPad and my iPhone out to do work in this mobile office. I have also been hoarding new genealogy books so that I get get away from the technology for a while.

As I am retired, I think a lot about just relaxing and doing nothing. I am not very good at doing nothing but I am very good at living my life as I see fit. I've been made fun of (read: bullied) because I resisted the suggestions of family and friends to live a "normal" life. If I had kept a diary of those annoying suggestions, it would now be made into a major motion picture. I would call it: "Do as I say. Be successful".

Four careers later, I am successful. Are people jealous? Probably. 

I like getting up early and going to bed when I am tired. I am not a heavy eater and I no longer drink. I am not that good at making friends but you would not know that if you met me. What do you think?

So, what porch activities are good for summer genealogists? 

4 comments:

  1. The three r's: reading, relaxing, and remembering.

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  2. Oh - a fourth 'R' - recording your personal stories!

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  3. I think that whatever makes you happy is what you should do. I like all the r's suggested. Playing with your grandson and making new family history would be another possibility.

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  4. Bill already stated what my first thought was: reading!

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