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At the Blomquist-Johnson wedding (July 29, 2000) everyone had a really good time!

July 29, 2020 Anna

Judge for yourselves, but I think the pictures speak for themselves – what a fun party!

Twenty years ago today…

 

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Links to popular posts from 2019

Happy trails!

Granada, Spain

We have written a number of posts about trips we have taken. Links to some of the most popular are below. For others, search “travel.”

  • Grand Teton and Yellowstone 2019
    August 18, 2019
  • Rhine River cruise 2019
    July 31, 2019
  • California to Colorado 2018
    May 21, 2018
  • Archaeological survey of ancestral Pueblo sites
    April 23, 2017
  • Costa Rica 2016
    October 15, 2016

Nan’s writings

Nettie (Nan) Riedel

Here are a few PDF files of the many pieces Nan wrote during her lifetime. (They will be displayed in a new window.)

Nan’s European Diary, 1934 (travel journal)

Nan’s Alaskan Diary, 1938 (travel journal)

The Cat and the Dove, 1970, 1986 (reminiscence)

Crucifixion (true story of a drowning in Lake Huron)

Cats (stories about two of the Riedel family cats, Daisy and Mehitabel)

Books (short essay about the Riedel family’s love of books)

Below are links to shorter pieces published as blogs on this site:

  • “The cottage”: A magical place of our childhoods
    July 13, 2019
  • Valentine greetings from Nan (1995)
    February 14, 2019
  • Dear (and I do mean dear) Eliz
    February 9, 2019

Happy birthday! Happy anniversary!

We have written a number of posts celebrating the birthdays and wedding anniversaries of current family members and ancestors. Links to the most recent are below. To find more, search on “birthday” or “anniversary.”

  • Happy 100th birthday, Kelley Riedel!
    March 16, 2020Anna
  • Marriage of William Moseley and Catherine Burns
    April 8, 2019Dick
  • Happy anniversary, Aunt Sal and Uncle Art
    April 2, 2019Anna
  • My Dutch grandparents were a strong team
    March 14, 2019Anna
  • “Unlikely couple forges amazingly successful marriage”: Happy 80th anniversary to my (late) parents
    March 1, 2019Anna

Dick’s high-tech adventure

Image of IBM 7090 Computer

The posts in the My High-Tech Adventure set contain memories of Dick’s experiences working in the computer industry from 1960 to 2012. Links to all published posts in that set are on this page:

“My hi-tech adventure” home page

Computer history posts

Over the past several years we have posted blogs on this site about our experiences volunteering at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The complete set of those blogs are now on our professional website:

“Computer history” home page on vrcommunications.us

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