From the monthly archives:

March 2006

GEYER, HARLAN MARTIN, SR. (Age 85)

March 29, 2006

Of Reston, VA, died on Friday, March 24, 2006 at Fair Oaks Hospital. He was born July 20, 1920 in the town of Wellman, IA to the late Francis Grant and Grace McGimpsey Geyer. Harlan served 20 years in the US Marine Corps, attaining the rank 1st Sergeant. As a member of the 2nd Marine [...]

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Grandpa passed on Friday

March 28, 2006

We’ve been busy since then cleaning out his apartment. My job included writing his obituary, which will be in The Washington Post and The Reston Times tomorrow, and going through all his old photos and scanning them onto the computer. I will also be making a photo collage that will be exhibited at his funeral. [...]

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Ahhh… the pitter patter of paws

March 18, 2006

I’m back in the US as of last night. Grandpa has taken a turn for the worse and I suppose I’m here for the end. Charlie made the trip with me and he and Tasha and Chow Chow (my mom’s dogs) are running around like maniacs upstairs. Okay, I better relieve whoever is dealing with [...]

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It was the Professor with the candlestick in the library

March 10, 2006

I guess while I’m in a blogging mood I ought to share my new Harry Potter theory. I think there is something very fishy about Professor Flitwick (the charms teacher). Breaking it down, his name in Old English means floating (flit) weaver (wick) – what is he weaving? He is described in an almost excessive [...]

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You know…

March 10, 2006

there is something to be said for giving children slightly more unique names. In my family tree research of a great-great-something aunt Charlotte Griffith, I found that she married a guy named Thomas Clark who died in 1863 in Arkansas. Since he was born in Indiana and they lived in Iowa, I’m guessing he died [...]

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Crash into me

March 6, 2006

And the Oscar goes to… 1952 – “The Greatest Show on Earth” tops “High Noon” and “The Quiet Man”1968 – “Oliver!” upsets “Funny Girl” and “The Lion in Winter”1997 – “Titanic” steamrolls “L.A. Confidential”1998 – “Shakespeare in Love” beats out “Elizabeth”, “Life is Beautiful”, “Saving Private Ryan”, and “The Thin Red Line” – and adding [...]

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