Author: Karen

Hi! I'm Karen. I live near Portland, OR with my partner (BF). I have two grown children, and two adult cats: Shiva & Havoc. I am a former truck driver and programmer. These days I'm semi-retired and earn a living from websites I build and maintain.

Learning Dvorak – Day 2

This is my second day trying to learn the Dvorak keyboard. Yesterday, I did three typing lessons at The Practice Test. I had to look up the keys for each lesson as I went, but that was not the hard part. The hardest part is unlearning the QWERTY keys that…

Learning Dvorak – Day 1

I decided to do something. I’m going to learn to type with the Dvorak keyboard layout. People say it’s easier and that they can type faster with it. I hit about 60-70 wpm on the QWERTY keyboard and that seems to be as fast as my fingers can move. So…

SMITH, Hannah Elizabeth (1821-1911)

Born: February 16, 1821 Westmorland, NY Mother: Rebecca Philura Hicks Father: Thomas William Smith Married: Milton David Minard July 04, 1839 Sharon Center, OH Children: Adolphus Pulaski Minard b. July 28, 1840 Edwin Hernando Minard b. April 29, 1842 Hellen E.C. Minard b. March 19, 1846 Smith Alanson Minard b….

RUDE, Honor (1822-1903)

Born: 1822 Virginia (Ohio?) Mother: Mary (b.1887-VA) Father: James Rude Married: Henry Pilcher ?? Children: Havilah Beardsley Pilcher, 1838 Mary A. Pilcher, 1840 Martha J. Pilcher, 1843 Thomas J. Pilcher, March 04, 1848 Died: 1903? Not sure where this will came from, the census shows Rude, I think we previously…

MAULSBY, Iris Luticia (1874-1911)

Born: February 8, 1874 Jewell, KS Mother: Martha Jane Cale Father: Luny Craft Maulsby Married: Commodore Bradford McElvain February 10, 1892 Wilsonville, NE Children: John James McElvain, December 9, 1892 Martha Elizabeth McElvain, March 25, 1895 Warren Craft McElvain, April 28, 1897 Commodore Percell McElvain, March 24, 1899 Howard Harold…

DeWITT, Adlena (1868-1949)

Born: January 28, 1868 DeSoto Parish, LA Mother: Martha Catherine Byrd Father: John Dargon DeWitt Married: Maxcy Gregg Scott January 15, 1888 DeSoto Parish, LA Children: Lockwood Allison Scott, October 16, 1889, Shreveport, LA Arthur Gregg Scott, November 5, 1891, Frierson, LA Maxcy Hall Scott, November 7, 1893, Frierson, LA…

TIMMONS, Jennie Pearl (1889-1970)

Born: January 20, 1889 Howard, KS Mother: Synthia Elizabeth Church Father: Silas Leonard Timmons Married: Fred Alonzo Freeman April 10, 1909 Bartlesville, OK Children: Clarence Eugene Freeman, January 18, 1910, Chanute, KS Clara Marie Freeman, August 13, 1911, Chanute, KS Clyde Albert Freeman, November 01, 1913, Chanute, KS Dale Merwin…

Chapter 19 – Winterfell (Robb)

Robb Stark confides his concerns about his honor with Margaery Tyrell in Winterfell’s godswood. “Do you ever wonder if I’ll seduce you one evening when we are alone?” Robb asked her. Now it was Margaery’s turn to laugh. “You? Seduce me? More likely it will be the other way around.”…

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