danielwsherman11Jul 25, 20214 min read Time, Infinity, and GodLike you, I came into this world without a clue to how the world works. It’s a progressive puzzle that never gets completed. I’ve come to...
danielwsherman11Aug 24, 202022 min read The Week I was a SpyAccording to Google, an “ancestor” is a person from whom one is descended or who lived in the past. I also asked Google if a person has...
danielwsherman11Jun 29, 20205 min readSlaveholders Found in Sherman/Alberti Ancestry With Connections to Samuel Clemens and James MadisonMegan Kunze, my great niece, is an archival archeologist. Insatiably curious, tenacious, (she might say obsessive) she sifts through...
danielwsherman11Jun 1, 20206 min readDouble Dose of Whiting DNA, chairs, giant pickerels, and maple syrupSequestered here at my home in Bella Vista, Arkansas waiting for a vaccine or cure, I’m thinking of the relatives on my father’s side....
danielwsherman11May 3, 20208 min read"The Rooster Incident"Uncle Larry, My Dad, and the ‘Rooster’ The ‘rooster story’ came to me piecemeal when I was ten years old, riding with Uncle Larry in his...
MegKunzeApr 25, 20209 min readThe Blochs: Crypto-Jews or Just Goyish?Second in intrigue to the family stories of Albert Alberti descending from the Italian aristocracy, are the stories surrounding the...
danielwsherman11Apr 25, 20204 min readThe "Sandbox Explosion" (1914)My father had five brothers and one sister that have all passed on now. I’ve always wondered what their lives were like living during...
danielwsherman11Jan 24, 202044 min readMemories of Brother DaleWhen genes were sorted at random my brother Dale got more of mom’s Italian ones. During the gene shuffling I ended up looking more like...
danielwsherman11Jan 24, 20202 min readEarl and Lrae and the Human ConditionWhat’s worrying you Earl? The price of eggs in Chicago, the robot uprising, mortality, turbans, pestilence? Lot’s to worry about in 2020...
MegKunzeAug 8, 20197 min readThe Albertis of Eureka Springs: A False PeakA “false peak” is a term used in mountaineering. It describes a peak that appears to be the top of the mountain, but upon reaching that...
danielwsherman11Jul 21, 20195 min readMy Enigmatic Grandfather, The Old FoxDanny L. Jorgenson has done the most definitive studies of my sixth great grandfather on my father’s side, Alpheus Cutler. At the...
danielwsherman11Mar 2, 20198 min readCassius Sherman Freezes to death in 1873Cassius Sherman stepped from his cabin door January 7, 1873 and was greeted with a soft wind that held the promise of an early spring. ...
danielwsherman11Feb 16, 20195 min readThe Last Chapter of "Earl Stories."“Well, Lrae, while Unkel Dan is staring at the ceiling, why don’t you show me around the neighborhood.” Lrae stood on the front of the...
MegKunzeJan 19, 20199 min readThe Albertis of Eureka Springs: A tale of Insanity and Inheritance - Part 2If you are a regular reader, and invested in the timeline and history of Albert and Laura, I highly recommend reading Part 1 of this...
danielwsherman11Dec 27, 20182 min readEarl's Italian "Alberti Trip" Fund DriveEarl has a cockamamie idea Goal – Raise one million, six hundred ninety six thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine Italian Lire, and...
danielwsherman11Dec 24, 20185 min readGrandpa and Grandma Sherman attend the "The Priests of Pallas" Parade."Megan’s great Christmas blog, which included Grandma Maude’s story of the uninvited Christmas guest, prompted me to see if I had any more...
MegKunzeDec 23, 20185 min readChristmas Past: Memories of an Unusual House GuestI recently spent a few hours listening to my grandmother and her siblings recount stories of their childhoods. Seated around a coffee...
danielwsherman11Dec 9, 201814 min readSharon Lee Sherman (my sweet sister Sherry)Sharon Lee Sherman was born October 24, 1938, the same week that Orson Welles caused panic in the U.S. when he broadcast a realistic...
danielwsherman11Dec 9, 201819 min readJudith Jo Sherman ( Jo for joie de vivre) Unless you were abandoned and raised by wolves you can probably name the people who influenced you the most in your childhood. Those...
danielwsherman11Nov 4, 20189 min readI preferred the playground to the classroomWhat happened in Mrs. Hudson’s third grade class might have actually happened in Miss Straw’s second grade class. My memories of...
