Category Archives: Social Commentary

Thoughts, insights and rants about modern society.

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Future

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Taminar

We are living in the future, but it is not the future of my childhood. The future I was promised. Where is my household assistant robot? The Jetsons, The Twilight Zone, and various movies from the ’50s and ’60s showed … Continue reading →

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Violence and Heroism

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Taminar

Movies, books, and television give us examples today of villains as heroes. We watched “The Suicide Squad” a couple of days ago. I don’t recall any one of the Dirty Dozen doing the heinous things the Suicide Squad did. Am … Continue reading →

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My First Computer

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Taminar

My first home computer was a VIC-20 when I was in high school, circa 1980-1981. The monitor was a small TV I had in my room. I had a cassette tape drive for storing programs. I went through the handbook … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Good Deed

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Taminar

I heard a story about my dad, Bill Hahn, at his funeral. I may not remember it exactly, but the idea of it remains strong in my mind. The minister, Mark Dees, recalled that, one day, he and my dad … Continue reading →

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Growing Your #Genealogy Group

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Taminar

Genealogical societies, like many other organizations, seem to have trouble drawing in active members who’ll help keep it going. The groups I’m familiar with formed in the 1980s or ’90s. The people who started the clubs and served on the … Continue reading →

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Compromise

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Taminar

I think a lot of people today don’t really understand what compromise means. Merriam-Webster has two definitions for the noun…. 1a : settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions 1b : something intermediate between or … Continue reading →

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Our Experience with COVID-19

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Taminar

I think it was around March 17th when my husband first started having symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Me, I’d been coughing since mid-January, when I went to bed with a scratchy throat and woke … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Strong Woman

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Taminar

When Amy Johnson Crow posted this week’s topic for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, my thoughts went to my mom’s mom, Willie Stevens Cook. She’s one of the strongest women I’ve encountered in my life, but I already wrote about … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors: So Far Away

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Taminar

My interest in history began at Pensacola Junior College (now Pensacola State) with a professor named Dr. Carageorge, who really brought historical events to life and helped place them in the larger context of what was going on in the … Continue reading →

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Professional Development for History Students

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Taminar

I’ve been thinking about this for around three or four years – how to reach history students about professional development opportunities in the communities where they study. I don’t know any history professors or students. Each college or university has … Continue reading →

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