by Tina Roggenkamp

I’ve looked more into my (maybe) father’s genealogy and I still can’t explain why I didn’t inherit any of the German, Italian or French ancestry from him. It doesn’t make any sense and it seems unlikely, but I can’t find it in me to care whether he is or isn’t my father. It doesn’t make any difference either way. On March 7, 2023 I wrote in my notes that I had been talking to my father on facebook messenger. He called me around 9 that night and we talked until after 10:30. I

My youngest wants to be the Very Hungry Caterpillar for Halloween this year. They bought a green sweater and wanted me to make them a red bucket hat with the caterpillar eyes and mouth. I made the hat in the adult size and it was way too big! So I made it again in the smaller size and that was better. I cut wobbly eyes from felt and knit some antennae. I added wire to those so they stand up. It's all a bit wonky, but the caterpillar is a bit wonky, so it works. I've never mad

It’s been a minute, I know. Busy with life, busy with work! I had a dream last night that I was with my aunt, her husband, and my step-father. My mother let her mask slip to my aunt - I can’t recall what she did but my aunt finally saw what I’d been talking about over the years. Anyway, that won't ever happen. Where were we? March 5, 2023 - I got my father to do a zoom call instead of facebook. Back then we still had the free zoom accounts that limit you to 40 minutes per ca