The dresser stood against the wall for 9 years but the dog refused to go near it. The dresser waited.
The Outside {the Suitcase} series features artifacts from my personal collection of postcards and found photos that are unrelated to the Man from the Suitcase project.
You get a new jigsaw puzzle for Christmas. Excited to start, you extract the box from the hermetically sealed plastic wrap, jostle off the lid and dump the pieces out on the dining room table. First, you locate the corners and start to build the edges. Little by little, the picture begins to form and you pretty much know how the rest is going to turn out…you just have to keep plugging away. Then you realize you have more holes than remaining pieces.
I have an advantage over some of my new-found genealogy friends, I live in the same area as the family I am researching. I can stroll down their sidewalks, visit their houses and lay flowers on their graves. This past weekend, I did all three.
