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PRACTICE: Do You Know The Circumstances Of Your Birth? -- 15min3 comments

ybonesy wrote 3 days ago: Here’s what I know. Mom and Dad were living on Neat Lane in Albuquerque’s south valley. There were f … more →

Tags: 25 Things, Family, I Don't Remember, Life, Love, memoir, Personal, Practice, Relationships

Twitter Namesakes

misterdai wrote 2 weeks ago: Out of curiosity I went looking for any other twitter users with the same name as myself.  Consideri … more →

Tags: twitter, experiment

hunt for magic

lkwhitney wrote 2 weeks ago: My goal is simple – uncover the Magic. It’s been exactly one week since I landed in the … more →

Tags: Meanderings, Downtown, News

A Namesake

Terrence A. Garnett wrote 5 months ago: Definitions of Namesake from: http://dictionary.reference.com Name”sake`\, n. [For name's sake … more →

Tags: History, Family, Family History, genealogy, black, African-American, Name Traditions, naming patterns

Princess Katherine10 comments

Kathy wrote 8 months ago: Minna Katherine Stagner Veazey, holding purse, center, at a reunion of Lipscomb Rifles, the company … more →

Tags: essays, FAMILY STORIES, Veazey family, Lipscomb Rifles, Spanish-American War, Women's memoir, Family Lore, Caldwell County, Texas

Ada13 comments

Cat wrote 8 months ago: I was thinking today about one of the most perfect names I’ve ever heard: Ada Lovelace. Born A … more →

Tags: Combos, General Thoughts, Ada, Baby Names, Girls, History, names

PRACTICE: My Grandmother - 15min14 comments

ybonesy wrote 8 months ago: Her name was Romey. Not her real name. Romey was her nickname, the name on her checks. Where she was … more →

Tags: Personal, Relationships, Practice, Love, Family, memoir, Topic Writing, Writing Practices, grandmothers

65%

davetill wrote 9 months ago: I got this in my email this morning: Dear Website Owner, 65% of people searching the Internet will n … more →

Tags: Spam, aggressive sales pitches, Geekery

Me Around The World

electroweb wrote 9 months ago: After pondering on a previous post, I decided to reach out myself and attempt to find new net buddie … more →

Finding my namesakes on Facebook

sockapoke wrote 9 months ago: I did an art project of sorts over a period of two or three days. I searched using the “find f … more →

Tags: Search, facebook

Look who turned 100 yesterday

shnootre wrote 1 year ago: Claude Lévi-Strauss As Alex says, “he looks just like Levi!” It’s his namesake any … more →

Tags: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Levi, NICU, triplets

spotlight: Elisabeth Elliot visits the Pitts2 comments

Lee Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Who does this? How many authors would receive a letter from a young Christian wife-to-be, respond wi … more →

Tags: Friends, Spotlight, Sarah Pitts, Grace Elisabeth Pitts, Hospitality, Lars Gren, Lars and Elisabeth Gren, elisabeth elliot, Elisabeth Elliot Gren

Sylvia2 comments

bindo wrote 1 year ago: My sister Sylvia was named after our mother’s mother. I would say grandmother but she was never call … more →

Tags: Prose, Loss, happiness, Truth, Sisters, Family, abandonment, Resentment, Love

Creating Namesakes and New Family Traditions2 comments

traci tyne wrote 1 year ago: I have a knack for mindless chatter. Especially when faced with awkward silence. In fact, awkward si … more →

Tags: North by Pacific Northwest, Naming Traditions

Where my parents got my name...

Eli wrote 1 year ago: Three Dog Night – Eli’s Coming * 1969 … more →

Tags: Me, namesake

Eli's Coming...

Eli wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Me, namesake, Video, eli

Justice David Hodgson

Tom wrote 1 year ago: I’ve found another namesake. He sounds quite interesting because he’s a published philos … more →

Meet CIA Intelligence Director Michael Morell 3 comments

zoecarnate wrote 1 year ago: “If the Central Intelligence Agency screws up another weapons-of-mass-destruction report, we … more →

Tags: Life, Vocation, Humor, leadership, Mike Morrell, peacemaking, CIA, intelligence, Michael Morrell

Shadworth Hollway Hodgson (1832-1912)

Tom wrote 1 year ago: I was looking for philosophical namesakes and I was quite pleased to find this one. He helped found … more →


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