Wisteria

  In the name of God, amen: I, Daniel Obrien of the town of Humphrey in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, of the age of seventy-five and being of sound mind and memory do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say: First that my just debts be paid. Second I give and bequeath to my wife Teracy Obrien her support of the farm her lifetime the farm which I now reside on seventy-five acres on lot eight as described in said deed in township No. three and fifth range in the town of Humphrey and county of Cattaraugus and State of New York to be used and enjoyed by her her lifetime. Third, I give and bequeath to my son William S. Obrien the farm above described he is to work the farm and take care of his mother her lifetime and then it belongs to him. Fourth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mariah Obrien seven hundred dollars. Fifth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Obrien three hundred and fifty doll...

It had been well over a month since I posted anything, so I sat down to write an update this evening. When I posted that, I realized today was my father’s birthday and I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to write something here. My father died three years ago after a heroic battle with lung cancer. I can’t believe I forgot that his birthday was coming up. I think about him quite often and still miss him greatly, but didn’t pay much attention to the calendar this weekend. I just got back from a weekend trip to Ohio to see a friend who lives in Florida but was up visiting her father. Ironically, her father is also battling a lung disease (if you are so inclined, please say a prayer that he get a chance for a lung transplant soon). When my friend was up before, we met halfway and spent the weekend together. My friend’s father lives down near Cincinnati. Since he is so ill, I told her I would drive the whole way to see everyone. The route I took this weekend was part of the same route...

It feels like I’ve been away from this blog forever. It’s been well over a month anyway. I have been pretty busy with lots of different things. I’ve taken a couple of trips, one of which I just got back from. I visited my mother and sister over Easter. This weekend I made a quick trip to meet up with a friend from Florida who is visiting her father in Ohio.   I was asked to do some adjunct teaching in addition to my day job, so I’ve been working at that lately. They have me scheduled for more classes next semester already. I’m enjoying the opportunity. I was hired to do some genealogy work recently and have been poking around local records around here. I’ll be posting on some of that in a little while. Remember my floor project ? It got done. Here’s a photo, do you like it? I also purchased an external hard drive. My plan is to have another backup of my photograph files both present and scanned old photos as I only have them on jump drives right now. I’m thin...