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Family History Memory Poetry 

Miss C.’s Poetry Voice

May 22, 2016October 1, 2019 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I had the same teacher, Miss C., for both the third and fifth grades. She wasn’t my favorite teacher —

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Family History 

The Scottish Screen Archive

August 30, 2015September 26, 2019 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I spend a lot of time working with old photographs, at home and at work, but I have recently started

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Books Family History 

“My African Mother” by Marcus Samuelsson

July 5, 2014August 25, 2014 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I am reading Marcus Samuelsson’s memoir, “Yes, Chef.” I checked it out of the library’s ebook collection because I have

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Family History 

Philadelphia Story

January 27, 2014August 3, 2014 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

In January, 1944, my parents got married in a simple ceremony in the rectory of St. Peter’s Church in Worcester,

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Books Family History Project 365 

My Father’s Bookplate

January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I’ve always loved my father’s bookplate, neatly pasted into his favorite books, signed with a fountain pen and black ink.

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Family History Food Memory 

My Mother’s Casserole

January 26, 2013January 27, 2013 Elizabeth Thomsen 3 Comments

My mother was a wonderful woman: intelligent, kind and loving. She loved her husband and three children dearly, and when

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Family History History 

Diamond Jubilee

June 2, 2012June 2, 2012 Elizabeth Thomsen 1 Comment

The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee reminds me of something my Scottish grandmother once shared with me. I asked

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Family History Photography Scotland 

Who Are These People?

January 1, 2012 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

This photograph has been around for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, it was in

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Family History Food YouTube 

Clara’s Final Episode

December 30, 2011December 30, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 4 Comments

I’ve been following the Great Depression Cooking series on YouTube for years, not so much for the recipes as for

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Family History Historical Markers Local History 

Memorial Marker Mix-up

December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I took this photograph of the Keniston Square marker on Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, last spring, and posted it

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