Saturday, April 21, 2018

A WESTERN MAN BY BIRTH: Julius Lincoln Poole


Puzzle Before Poole

I have never enjoyed solving puzzles from a box.
Many were placed before me; however, I scarcely remember 
‘putting those small pieces together to form something’ - 
just didn’t fancy the activity!

The Genealogy Puzzle is an ‘unraveling’ -
The foraging in a jungle - 
Going through with a fine-tooth comb - 
Making sure the factualness is indeed factual.

This study of ‘dead people’ has a near-religious rightness about it. 
I try to see records through the eyes of people who made them - the recorders; 
as well as the people who are recorded. 
It’s only a worm’s eye view of history ... but it’s a view. 


... and now ... on with the show!

Julius Lincoln Poole

My 2nd Cousin 3X Removed


MY RELATIONSHIP








Birth: April 8,1862 - Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon

PARENTS

His Mother, Saraphine, was born in White County, Tennessee, 
in 1844. My lineage is through Saraphine.
Research shows that the family moved west from Tennessee and spent time in Iowa, Colorado, and Oregon.


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IN SELF-DEFENSE


FAMILY OVERVIEW IN THE ARTICAL BELOW




The following article was taken from
Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, 
By Joseph Gaston, George H. Hines
LATER IN LIFE








Death: April 21,1949 - Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon
















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Friday, April 6, 2018

63 AND ME

63 and ME - CAN WE BE FRIENDS?

I find myself in this moment, in a happy place. 
Positive energy and a peacefulness I haven’t felt in many, many days.

  I have decided to be friends with “63” - better friends than enemies. Also, I will take full responsibility of this aging process (as much as God will allow) - and age with GRACE.


Gratitude – being thankful, or feeling gratitude, is an essential part of acceptance and satisfaction … a kindness we allow for ourselves. 

Resilence – accepting a weakness and then powering through it can be a struggle.  I’ve found that others in our life sometimes try to sabotage the “forgiveness” we allow for ourselves. A while back, I wrote a note to someone stating that ‘I had forgiven myself for …’. That person used my statement to enhance a hurt…the someone laughed and joked to others ‘she forgives herself? How do you forgive yourself if others haven’t forgiven you?’ Such garbage. I still believe we must all forgive ourselves in order to live a life filled with love and grace.  As for any more apologies to that specific someone, I’ll take care of things from afar.














Attitude: Attitude affects all human interaction – we can all work on this one! I don’t need to
explain my thoughts on this one other than to say ones attitude may be observable. We drive 
future interactions to a negative or positive place – everyone ‘drives’ with their own attitude.

Courage: It takes courage to age gracefully and to live with grace. I will. Aloneness takes courage to endure. 

Education: I will forever educate others and myself. Always! 

Today, April 6th, I choose love and grace. If I matter in a heart – that’s great. I can do no more. I will be the best person I can be – I’ll never say perfect.I will not judge others - I’ve felt that 
whip and lived through it. We can’t control getting older on the calendar, but it’s all good. I have no need to control the time, today is a beautiful day. All we really have is today. God and Grace.

If you truly know me, you get my humor. I’m serious and steadfast; but I choose ‘funny’ if it fits the moment. Right now, as I compose thoughts, is a 
perfect time for funny. I can do that because I’m 63…and ME!



































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The older I get the more I realize the value of privacy. Of cultivating your circle and only letting certain people in. You can be open, honest, and real while understanding not everyone deserves a seat at the table of your life.
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Back to serious…”Thank you for being a marigold.”
The sweetest words ever spoken to me by a former group of 
college students…I pray to always be a marigold to someone.



This first day of “63” is beautiful. I feel blessed in many ways. Today is my Birthday. Tomorrow begins another year’s journey. Whatever has been held for me – is unconditional love.
This I believe.
“Nothing is so gentle as real strength…” Ralph Waldo Emerson


FINALITY - BATESVILLE CASKET CRANK

I  remember the day this  ‘casket key’ (sometimes called a burial vault key) was handed to my daddy at my grandfather’s burial in March of 1...