Usually I respect Joshua Coleman’s work, but this talk at AGA–Alienated Grandparents Anonymous, the mothership of batshit stalker grandparents–is a horrorshow. Only 20 minutes in, and already I want
In Edo-era Japan, aristocratic men had a dazzling array of names: clan names, family names, official titles; baby names, childhood names, an adult name that was so personal
A few notes on my travels through the Haitian Genealogical Archives: Gertrude Kernésie Etienne Gabriel, a bride in 1850–antecedents of the Ken- and Kern- names popular today? Reminders
The children across the street were piling up the leaves in Madame Augustin’s yard. The bigger ones waited on line as the smaller ones dropped onto the pile,
Love this theme. Hate how it looks without images. I just spent half an hour downloading pictures from Wikimedia Commons, and am now prepared to insert completely random
So what’s this massive file of Haitian names I keep going on about? In July 2015, the Haitian ministry of education–the Ministere de l’Education Nationale et de la
The kosode is coming along. The entire outer shell is assembled, with the eri tacked down, and the lining needs to have the sleeves cut out and attached
