I Didn’t Learn to Paint
Some of my first memories are of “working” with my dad. When I was a pre-school kid of four or five, I was exhausted from “helping”, so I sat down on a square topped...
Monthly Archive: December 2023
Winter Solstice
The shortest day of the year brings time for reflection and rejuvenation, there is less daylight, fewer blue skies, and more things that push us inside. Mother Nature is resting and some animals just...
Green Family Reunion – 2008
Shared by Jon Green in Lincoln City, Oregon I would like to take just a minute to discuss a couple of items. We all know that we inherit certain traits from our parents; an...
MTC
Just over thirteen years ago we dropped our son Eli off at the Missionary Training Center (MTC), he was preparing to serve a mission in Mexico. I thought how brave he was to leave...
Newell Dayton Green 1856-1931
Grandfather of Jesse Grant Green I’ve seen much of the west in my lifetime – The scorchin’ heat of the southern deserts, the stagnant winter deep-freeze of Idaho winters, even the annual flooding of...
John McLaughlin – 1774-1860
Great Great Grandfather of Norma (Hamilton) Green I have witnessed the taming of the Ohio frontier and the virgin forests of the valley cleared for the industry of civilization. My father came to America...
John Alexander Hamilton – 1860 -1934
Grandfather of Norma (Hamilton) Green My family helped tame the wilds of Ohio. The big city ports on Lake Erie and the fertile farmlands of the Ohio Valley made the state prosperous and influential...
Iva Alice Reid Hamilton 1897-1977
Mother of Norma Faye Hamilton Green My parents, grandparents, and great grandparents are tenaciously anchored to the American Midwest. From the most modest soddy homes like where we lived when my little sister Blanche...
Frances Elizabeth Pearson Bridges 1837-1928
Great Grandmother of Jesse Grant Green If I am to give you a summary of my life so far, it would start with my membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...
David Follick – 1860-1921
Maternal Grandfather of Jesse Grant Green I was born in Egypt…not that Egypt, but Egypt, Iowa – That’s about 50-miles west of Nauvoo, Illinois. My family bounced around a little bit when I was...
