News of my family history book, The George Druck Family Chronicle, 1741-2008, has finally made it to the York Daily Record’s Book Buzz blog. Editor Gloria Jean Fogal posted the announcement yesterday, Wednesday, February 25 – right in there with news about several famous and other not-so-famous authors. How exciting! Thank you, Gloria Jean.
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Entries from February 2009
February 26, 2009
I’m on the Book Buzz Blog!
February 23, 2009
Fastnacht Day (Fat/ShroveTuesday)
How could I forget Fastnacht Day? Just like the York County Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of eating pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day for good luck in the coming year, Fastnacht (pronounced fost-knock) Day, otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent, is another traditional observance.
When I was growing up, my grandpa “Pap” Druck, who lived within walking distance of our York Township [...]
February 20, 2009
A Long Winter…
It’s been snowing off and on since Wednesday (tell me again why we live here)!
Just a couple of photos taken in January, in case you don’t know what snow looks like.
February 17, 2009
“KISS” Mode
Not much new to report. The days are getting longer, but it will be many weeks before spring arrives here in the frozen north! In fact, more snow is forecast for the weekend. Ugh!
I’m still wearing my wound vac; still seeing my nurse three days a week; and still stuffing myself with protein to hopefully help [...]
February 10, 2009
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy. . .”
Well, not really… That sentence, by the way, is incorrect English, as I’m sure many of you are aware. The President should have said, “A date that will live in infamy…” But when FDR uttered those prophetic words back in 1941, announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, I’m sure his anxious audience gave no thought to grammar gremlins.
While America’s day [...]
February 5, 2009
The Day the Music Died
It came to my attention the other day that Tuesday’s date was February 3. So what’s the big deal? The big deal is, it was the 50th anniversary of the deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. They perished on February 3, 1959, when their plane crashed in an Iowa cornfield. Some among you may not know, [...]
