Wondering why there's an "s" on Adam? Read on to find out about this Eden of the 19th century. When Sarah Eve was a young woman, she was intrigued by a list of books that she found in her uncle's trunk. Sarah lived much of younger years with her aunt Catherine in Charleston, South Carolina. … Continue reading Adams & Eve’s Paradise
As my kids have gotten older, I've been able to get back to reading for fun. I'm the type that you'll find reading at 2 am because I keep saying to myself, "just one more chapter." I love lots of genres, but especially enjoy historical novels. Last summer, I read "The Invention of Wings" by … Continue reading The Invention of Wings
This week's prompt for 52 Ancestors is "The Old Homestead." My grandmother loved Charleston, South Carolina. She even had a Rainbow Row (a row of colorful houses in Charleston) wallpaper border in her kitchen. One year my aunt gave grandma a print of a watercolor of the ancestral family home in Charleston. At the time, … Continue reading Maison DuPre
The topic for week 3 of 52 ancestors is longevity. It took me a couple days to think about what I wanted to write about: my longest living ancestor? The ancestor that lived the farthest back? The longest courtship we know about? I didn't feel like I could write very much about any of these, so … Continue reading (South) Carolina in My Mind
