Archive of 2021 posts

This page provides links to archived PDFs of all posts published on News from Nan in 2021.

Highlights

Highlights 2021

Activities, events

Christmas
Easter
Fourth of July non-race
Grandpets in San Jose
Marin coast
Napa County
New car: Steely Dan
Petsitting
Phoenix plant
Picking up trash
Running a virtual 5K
Sonoma Developmental Center
Sonoma Parks: Doran
Sonoma Parks: Bodega Head
Sonoma Parks: Botanical Garden
Anna’s skin cancer treatment
Corona diary #16: Pet peeves
Corona diary #17: Indoor seating

Travel

Hawaii in June
Minnesota in March
Minnesota in September (Part 1)
Minnesota in September (Part 2)

Family history, genealogy

Places we’ve lived

(Anna) Marysville, Michigan (1940-1951)
(Anna) Forestville, Michigan (1940-1951)
(Anna) Downey, California (1952-1958)
(Dick) Tonawanda, New York (1942-1951)

Anna’s paternal ancestors (van Raaphorst, Metsch, Dienst)

Family history updates

Anna’s maternal ancestors (Riedel, Schreiter)

Nan and Anna’s trip to Michigan in 1987
Decoration Day
Honoring veterans
Nan remembers: Visit to Nan’s Schreiter aunts, 1914
Nan remembers: Introduction to family history
Nan remembers: Thanksgivings

Dick’s paternal ancestors (Johnson, Robins)

Johnson family careers
Johnson family in World War II
Family involvement in the Manhattan Project
Ration books

Dick’s maternal ancestors (Moseley, Wilkins, Rebmann)

Family history updates

Languages, linguistics

Multilingual posts in Dutch, German, and Spanish
Post in Dutch about a 1955 travel memory

Photography

Slideshows about running
Slideshows about summer fun

Technology

Visualization (viz) of the day: News from Nan posts
Visualization (viz) of the day: News from Nan tag cloud
Visualization (viz) of the day: News from Nan traffic analysis
Whatever happened to VR Communications?

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