tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post7089970954492161458..comments2024-03-28T12:01:08.192-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: "Concentration" Camps and Cousins' ReunionThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-35823671019628028372019-06-21T10:29:52.208-06:002019-06-21T10:29:52.208-06:00The farm is long abandoned (65 years) and the gard...The farm is long abandoned (65 years) and the garden grown over with grass. The stone house is all that is left and it is in ruins.<br />On my dad's side, one cousin is in St Louis, one in Mexico and me in Ukraine but the rest are within traveling distance. People scatter now though they did in the past too. My dad's father and three brothers came here from Ireland in 1906 and never saw The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-44905506525320144742019-06-21T05:11:40.759-06:002019-06-21T05:11:40.759-06:00Thankyou for that introduction to your family. Gra...Thankyou for that introduction to your family. Grandma's garden must have been a riot of flowers, thanks to Grandpa hauling all that precious water. I wonder if there's still a flower garden at the farm? My mum had 3 sisters and 2 brothers, sadly all that generation are now gone. I am one of a set of 10 cousins, now 9 after the loss of the eldest cousin. We have had some cousin family Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-58275342308026695972019-06-20T10:37:55.152-06:002019-06-20T10:37:55.152-06:00Family gatherings are fun when everyone knows ever...Family gatherings are fun when everyone knows everyone and they feel like siblings, more than cousins. In Russia cousins are called my brother or my sister. Even second cousins. Took me a while to figure out how many siblings Tanya actually had.<br />Another year will make a big diference to me. But I do miss my mind.<br />The whole fan damily - I have heard this expression in my family but you The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-64439422260269151532019-06-19T17:42:08.697-06:002019-06-19T17:42:08.697-06:00What a great excuse to get together - it's gre...What a great excuse to get together - it's great that you made it happen! My mom's family was a large one: 6 kids in her family and 12 siblings in her mom's. The whole fan-damily used to get together, with mountains of food and kids running everywhere. These days the clan has scattered, and I rarely see more than a few of the cousins. I miss the old family gatherings.<br /><br />Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-4016216510246886762019-06-18T12:39:01.073-06:002019-06-18T12:39:01.073-06:00I hope it is a ballot box revolution. If it is bl...I hope it is a ballot box revolution. If it is bloody, as I fear it might be, then one set of executed nobility is replaced by another. In Tsarist times, nobility made up 1.5% of the population of the Russian Empire. Does that % sound familiar?<br />Saw a meme that said I am going through life at several WTFs per day.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-47662583333435777002019-06-18T12:34:08.504-06:002019-06-18T12:34:08.504-06:00The only stuff that gets deleted from my HD is wha...The only stuff that gets deleted from my HD is what I meant to remember. The older I get the more precious family becomes. I hope you have "adopted family" at least. They are like family and I have many of them too.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-26761694463698356842019-06-18T10:51:48.124-06:002019-06-18T10:51:48.124-06:00After the revolution things are going to be differ...After the revolution things are going to be different. It is getting more like that is the only solution to the insanity of my government. <br />Glad you are able to spend time with your family and I hope your concentration improves. I'm just trying not to lose my cognitive abilities at a high rate of speed.jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-88320843728481796842019-06-18T09:05:29.499-06:002019-06-18T09:05:29.499-06:00Don't worry about your concentration. As I h...Don't worry about your concentration. As I have said before; there is nothing wrong with our minds as we age - our hard drives are just full and it takes longer to retrieve information.<br />You are lucky to have family - I don't<br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-57926882711408684892019-06-17T22:05:31.781-06:002019-06-17T22:05:31.781-06:00Most of our neighbours were German Catholics with ...Most of our neighbours were German Catholics with large families. A highschool friend recently had a reunion of everyone descended from his grandfather. There could have been 550 but 450 showed up. Our families were pretty small and we were very close, like siblings as you said.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-90461518062642201542019-06-17T22:03:14.942-06:002019-06-17T22:03:14.942-06:00Yes, cats, dogs, lions and bears keep me sane. Acc...Yes, cats, dogs, lions and bears keep me sane. According to my kids I have had ADHD all my life. It isn't life threatening, just a nuisance when you try to get work done.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-32395361068743133042019-06-17T22:00:58.718-06:002019-06-17T22:00:58.718-06:00One of the great losses with each generation is th...One of the great losses with each generation is the repository of memory of what happened when and who lived where etc.<br />We'll see how the meds work. recovering from illness doesn't help concentration either.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-12299984290539763812019-06-17T20:28:06.620-06:002019-06-17T20:28:06.620-06:00Yeah, I hit Publish too soon! I was going to say h...Yeah, I hit Publish too soon! I was going to say how sweet and dedicated your Grandpa was to go to so much work for your Grandma and her flowers. Actions speak loudly.<br /><br />There were 11 kids in my dad's family and five in my mom's, so we had no shortage of cousins. Now with all of our generation having between 0 and 3 kids, the family tree is getting skinny again. You ten cousins jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-43795210500178242482019-06-17T20:24:31.107-06:002019-06-17T20:24:31.107-06:00The news is bad for blood pressure. When I start f...The news is bad for blood pressure. When I start feeling upset I switch to lolcats :)<br /><br />I hope the medication does the trick. I can't imagine ADHD being very much fun.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-63834337252859468412019-06-17T15:17:18.630-06:002019-06-17T15:17:18.630-06:00I wonder if your Grandparents knew my maternal Gra...I wonder if your Grandparents knew my maternal Grandparents, who farmed in Biggar during the late 1920s and 1930s. Of their large family, one son remained in Biggar and continued to farm there. The family name was Weibel.<br /><br />I hope that medication helps and you are able to concentrate better.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com