Posted on October 3, 2024September 10, 2025DuPont family resemblances Madonna (Dupont) Ciccone My mother Karen (Dupont) Murray My grandmother Bernice (Dupont) Cloutier Murray Bernice (Dupont) Cloutier/Murray When I was a kid I thought my grandmother Bernice Cloutier resembled Madonna Ciccone. Only to find out that Madonna is indeed my biological cousin. 10th cousin 1x removed to be exact. It gets wilder… tbc
Posted on October 2, 2024September 10, 2025living your best life, an even better life than the people who hate you, is the absolute best revenge
Posted on September 24, 2024My great grandmother and grandma Bernice Cloutier in Verdun (possibly NDG) early 1950’s
Posted on September 24, 2024September 10, 2025My great aunt Muriel who worked as a highland dancing girl for The Bay or Eaton’s on Ste-Catherine street in the early 1900’s from what I recall, I’m not 100% sure, need to check in with my fam.
Posted on September 24, 2024September 24, 2024The three O’Brien brothers: 1958 Dow Brewery From left to right Tom O’Brien, Patrick Joseph Barney, Bartholomew O’Brien (my great uncles on my father’s side, who were also old school Shriners)
Posted on July 31, 2024April 1, 2026Michael Faraday is said to have been particularly inspired by Jane Marcet’s work, especially Conversations on Chemistry. Funny this is the first I’ve ever heard about her. Jane Marcet Conversations on Chemistry: IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS. (Project Gutenberg)
Posted on July 30, 2024wild turkeys in the city the living, breathing oxymoron that are wild urban turkeys