Stairs
Our home in Foresthill had some stairs, but mostly outside. A few steps up to the greenhouse in the back yard, a few steps down to the shop out front, and a few stairs...
Author: Jon Green
Sunday Driver
What do you do on Sunday afternoon? After church and after dinner when Mother Nature beckons and the walls seem to close in. Well, I do today what I did as a youngster. I...
Nauvoo Exodus
People ask, “What do you do with all of your ‘free’ time?” Well, it’s true that we get through with our formal assignments at 1:00-PM, but that means that we get up at 5...
Ruth – A Short Story of Love
Chapter 1 – To Be or Not to Be Dana pressed the elevator button for the third floor. The hushed tones and antiseptic environment of the hospital were a stark contrast to the vibrant...
Henry Thomas
We had already been assigned housing when we arrived in Nauvoo, it is a two-story red brick home with a basement on Hyde Street. The rough footprint of the foundation is 18’ x 25’...
The Pioneer Loom
A woolen thread and then another. Well-ordered chords in rows straight and tight A pattern forms the garment takes shape. Visions emerge in the Weaver’s sight The flaxen chord is a lonely strand. Void...
William G Thompson
William G Thompson 26 June 1806 – 5 Dec. 1876 GGGGrandfather of Kathleen (Thompson) Green William Thomson was born 16 June 1806 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Arriving in America, he changed the spelling of his...
Charles Lamone Green
The demands of life in a bygone era are something we can’t experience first-hand, but the struggles, highs, lows, and desires of our ancestors confirm that the human condition doesn’t vary too far from...
Mary Emoliza Ellis
The demands of life in a bygone era are something we can’t experience first-hand, but the struggles, highs, lows, and desires of our ancestors confirm that the human condition doesn’t vary too far from...
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...
