Blogs by Topic
Posting a blog is a little bit like going shopping in your pyjamas.
You can certainly do it, but should you?
From my November 11, 2010 post: The Blogging Beast
On October 26th, 2010 I posted my first piece as part of this blog. Since then, it has taken on a life of its own. As of today – October 1, 2012 – I have posted 127 pieces, and have had more than 42,000 readers. The content shifts according to what I have time to both write and post. In order to help readers navigate, I have grouped the posts by topic. I hope this helps. NOTE: I still need to update many of the tables, but as of today I think I have included them all in the tables beneath. Please let me know if I have any of links misaligned, and I will fix them.
Relating to Silver Bowl Research Project
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Oct. 2010 |
The Quest for the Silver Bowl. My very first post. |
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First Day in London – this is a pretty lumpy post, not my best. |
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Nov. 2010 |
Two Versions – the contribution of genealogy to scholarship. |
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The Blogging Beast The imperfection that is part of these posts – like wearing pyjamas in public. |
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Drogheda and a Perfect Day – seeking the JACKSON Coat of Arms – to no avail. |
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Chinese Food in Ireland Fan’s Chinese restaurant is where Samuel BROWNE, linen merchant carried out his trade in the mid 1800s, and where my great grandfather – Thompson BROWNE son of Samuel – also resided. |
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Too Much Food – includes mention of David Jackson’s house in Leitrim in 1841 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – stories of Clandeboye and BLACKWOODs |
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Till It’s Gone – the story of a missing gravestone. |
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Dec. 2010 |
Random Acts – Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness |
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Jan. 2011 |
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Feb. 2011 |
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In Defence of Not Knowing – links to 19th C Hong Kong photos |
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Organic Gardening Advice from 1802 – old practices, new soil. |
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1898 Avast the Mast – photos of Irish in 19th C Hong Kong. |
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Mar. 2011 |
Memory is Like Water Personal memory – and a meditation on how this connects to the political. |
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Memory is Like Water Part 2 – Memory and a re-evaluation of key historic incidents in Ireland |
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Apr. 2011 |
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Sometimes a Picture: The Dares of Yokohama. |
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May 2011 |
A Walk in the Rain. This jumps from present to past and is a meditation on community – then and now A meditation on time and place. |
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Stories From the Graves. Adelaide Fingal Smith |
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My Web Feet – Quack Quack. This is about how research and connections work – thanks to the Internet. |
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Knock Knock – Who’s There. On the power of sharing with respect to research. |
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Facts and Theories. Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness aka RAOGK. |
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Reading Irish History. The importance of perspective. |
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Jun. 2011 |
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Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part One. |
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Have trod, have trod ... Disappointments in research. |
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June 30th. A summing up of some of the month’s events – with photos. |
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Jul. 2011 |
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Aug. 2011 |
Lorna Goodison This is not only about the poetry and memoir written by Lorna Goodison, but also about Howe Peter BROWNE. |
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Carolan's Farewell, a novel by Charles Foran based on the life of harpist Turlogh O’Carolan, one of the last premodern harp composers. |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill Doubleday, New York. A book review |
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Sept 2011 |
Pete of the Glorious Berkshires A tribute to my mentor on townland research. |
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Talk at Armagh & District History Group An ad for a speech I gave. |
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Oct 2011 |
Strongbow & Deeds My visit to his tomb & the link to JACKSON deeds. |
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Nov 2011 |
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Original Jackson – exploring his links to Irish JACKSONs |
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Island Hall in Godmanchester – the home built by Original JACKSON |
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Dec 2011 |
Thomas and Samuel Jackson - Pewterers of London – exploring their relationships with Ireland. |
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Goldsmiths, Jacksons, London, Ireland & some ongoing mysteries – starting with Alexander Jackson. |
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Jan 2012 |
A couple of "Unchurched Olivers" – a family at Killynure, Co. Armagh |
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Irregular Marriages – what I learned from a news article about the controversy & the part of Rev. Daniel Gunn BROWN[E] |
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Feb 2012 |
Nepotism: Yea or Nay. This is in part a book review of Citizens of The World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic community 1735-1785. David Hancock, and partly a look at Sir Thomas Jackson of Armagh’s hiring practices at HSBC in the mid to late 1800s. |
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Inching towards Kildare. This page links to at least a hundred pages of original compilations of research that I have recently done. |
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Apr 2012 |
Jacksons of Grange, Kings Co, Ireland. These JACKSONs did not stay in one place – sightings of them range from adjacent counties to America. |
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Imagining a Parish and its People. Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh |
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May 2012 |
Cavananore – unearthing the tale. Cavananore, a townland of some 219 acres in Co. Louth, was occupied at least as early as the late 1600s by a Presbyterian family named Coulter. They were supposedly awarded the land for their valour at the Battle of the Boyne on the side of King William. |
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Jul 2012 |
Handsome James Jackson of Drogheda. I stumbled upon a description of John Jackson, son of Alderman Jackson of Drogheda in The Dublin Scuffle. It was printed in 1699, and written by John Dunton, an eccentric bookseller and even more eccentric writer. |
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Research bits on Handsome James Jackson. The earliest known ancestor of handsome James Jackson was Richard Jackson of Drogheda (carpenter, sheriff and merchant) a man who seems to have been quite successful. His son, another Richard Jackson, became an Alderman of Drogheda and was also a successful merchant ... |
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Sept 2012 |
Francesca aka Frances Bertha Marion “Daisy” Sexton. If you were to see Mrs. Noble in 1890, just after the birth of her youngest child and presiding as President of the Ladies Recreation Club of Hong Kong, you would think that the world was her oyster. |
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George Edward Noble. At the peak of his bank career, he was Chief Manager of HSBC. |
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Reviews of Restaurants, Meals and Other Travel Related Bits
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Oct. 2010 |
Leaving Vancouver Includes references to Bill Reid & The Spirit of Haida Gwai. |
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Nov. 2010 |
Research Work in Two Irelands A bit of travel advice for newbies. |
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Nov. 2010 |
Drogheda & a Perfect Day Seeking the family crest of Thomas Jackson – to no avail, |
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Nov. 2010 |
Beauty & Three Hotels – Fairmount Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Granville Island Hotel in Vancouver, Fleet Street Hotel in Dublin. |
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Nov. 2010 |
Chinese Food in Ireland – Jimmy Chung’s, and Fansin Dublin |
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Nov. 2010 |
Too Much Food – Dublin Restaurants - Fafie’s, and Diwali’s in Dublin. |
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Nov. 2010 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray – A performance at Anaverna House, Ravensdale, Co. Louth |
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Nov. 2010 |
Humped Pelican Crossing Quite possibly my most inane posting. |
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Dec. 2010 |
Travelling Kicks & Kisses – mentions of O2; Derby Trains; KLM Boarding; McDonalds in London |
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Jan. 2011 |
Joy on a Saturday Morning – What Happens When in New York |
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Feb. 2011 |
Kinga’s 64th – links to Vij’s in Vancouver |
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Jul 2011 |
Norma Kenny House. A restaurant in Mission, BC, Canada |
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Aug 2011 |
Sushi Bar 5517. For me, the whole point of eating out is to find a meal that not only delights me but is also something I wouldn’t readily toss together for myself. |
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Sept 2011 |
Trashing a Hotel – Praising a Hotel. My adventures at the Fleet Street Hotel in Dublin. |
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Oct 2011 |
Heart, Mind, Body, and Concrete. While sick, enjoying the pleasures of The Granville Hotel. |
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Quasimodo Then and Now. Recalling a long ago trip in the month of my eldest daughter’s birthday. |
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Jun 2012 |
Still Life at Beauvoisin #1. A bit of an account of a holiday. |
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Saintes Maries de la Mer. A bare bones, paper-plate outdoor café named La Cabane aux Coquilles had been recommended to us, and we all agreed that it exceeded our expectations of excellence. |
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Jul 2012 |
A Dozen Snaps of France. I have winnowed the usual indecent pile of holiday snaps down to a dozen. I am hoping that it will be sort of like Goldilocks and the Three Bears - not too much (aka hot), and not too little aka cold). |
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Two Orphan Snaps from France. OK, so I already did my holiday flypast, but I really have to pick the brains of my readers: What do you do with a fish like this? How do you cook it? |
Just for Fun & Other Bits
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Jan. 2011 |
Roberts Creek New Year’s Day |
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Jan. 2011 |
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Feb. 2011 |
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Mar. 2011 |
Deep Down, We’re Shallow My annual Oscar night inanity. |
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May 2011 |
A Walk in the Rain. A meditation on time and place. |
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Jun. 2011 |
Where Angels Fear to Tread. On my challenges with designing & making a web site for my husband. |
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Jul. 2011 |
Lacuna This is more about my book club than it is about Kingsolver’s excellent book. |
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Jul. 2011 |
Chaster Creek Farm My brother’s organic farm in Gibsons. |
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Jul. 2011 |
Brown Brother’s Blues Three of my brothers perform with members of a band from 30 years ago. |
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Sept 2011 |
Pat Tutton. The death of a much cherished aunt. |
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Rimsky. My youngest daughter’s cat – RIP. |
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Nov 2011 |
Gratitude is a Salad. Reflections on Thanksgiving. |
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Jan 2012 |
Blame Housekeeping. This is sort of an end-of-year wrap, which is late, of course. |
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Apr 2012 |
Farm for sale. This is my brother Struan’s farm in Gibson’s BC |
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May 2012 |
That`s the Way the Cookie Crumbles. There are some phrases that I totally dislike hearing. Always have. Ever since I was a child, the phrase that earned its rightful place near the top of my personal cringe list was: That’s the way the cookie crumbles. |
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Aug 2012 |
Life and Death and Art. Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. |
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Book Reviews &/or Mentions Of Books
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Nov. 2010 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray. Mention of The Picture of Dorian Gray – mention of Caroline Blackwood’s Dangerous Muse. |
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Dec. 2010 |
Book Club Foodies – mention of DeNiro’s Game by Rawi Hage |
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Jan. 2011 |
The Voice of Patrick Flynn – Mary Cumiskey’s books also include: The Famine in Creggan Parish and Creggan Charter School 1737-1811 |
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Feb. 2011 |
Organic Gardening Advice from 1802 This includes references to: Rural Recreations or the Gardener’s Instructor and The Vegetable Garden by M.M. Vilmorin-Andrieux |
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Feb. 2011 |
Kinga’s 64th - mentions of Vij’s At Home: Relax, Honey and Vij’s Elegant & Inspired Indian Cuisine. |
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Mar. 2011 |
Memory is Like Water Part 2 - Josephine Tey, Daughter of Time and Fergus Whelan , Dissent into Treason: Unitarians, King Killers and the Society of United Irishmen |
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Mar. 2011 |
Politics and Belonging - the writings of Michael Ignatieff |
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Apr. |
Curiosity & Other Creatures – two books: Joan Thomas’ Curiosity and Tracy Chevalier Remarkable Creatures. |
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Jun. 2011 |
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Jul. 2011 |
The Red Hand of Ulster – 2nd in a small series Refers to and quotes from Derek Lundy’s The Bloody Red Hand. |
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Jul. 2011 |
Carolan’s Farewell. Charles Foran’s Book reviewed – alongside the harp music of Máire Ní Chathasaigh. |
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Jul. 2011 |
Lacuna. This is more about the food we ate while discussing the book. |
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Aug. 2011 |
Lorna Goodison This is a riff on her book about her family in Jamaica, and its connection to the BROWNEs of Westport, Co. Mayo. |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization. Thomas Cahill’s history. |
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Nov 2011 |
Ill Fares the Land. Tony Judt – historian and essayist. |
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Apr 2012 |
Civil Society and Empire by James Livesay. The book addresses how civil society was developed in part because of the need for more tools for managing the British Empire. England was forced to wrestle with what to do with the issue of governing Ireland, while Ireland had to deal with England’s powers over them. |
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Jun 2012 |
Still Life at Beauvoisin #2. I review Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel and Eric Enno Tamm’s: The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds. |
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Recipes &/or Food
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Dec. 2010 |
Book Club Foodies – incl. Recipe for Dukkah Mix |
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Feb. 2011 |
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Mar. 2011 |
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Mar. 2011 |
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Mar. 2011 |
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Mar. 2011 |
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Apr. 2011 |
Singapore Sling – a drink that connects to the story of the DARE family in Singapore. |
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May 2011 |
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Jun. 2011 |
The Staff of Life. My adventures with bread. |
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Jul. 2011 |
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Aug 2011 |
Summer Meal. Since I can’t cook for all my friends, especially since they live all over the world, I can at least share recipes and pictures. |
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Apr 2012 |
Monday`s Bread. This particular batch was a mix of spelt and kamut. |