Thanks for your comments, Jochen and Pam. When he mentions the quotation on pages 6 and 7 Jochen is referring to a journal my great-grandmother wrote as she was traveling by covered wagon on the Santa Fe Trail in 1877.
As for appreciation by family members, some of my cousins were thrilled. It amazes me how little the rest of my family knows about our history and origins. I guess they just weren't interested when our parents and grandparents told their stories. At least they don't argue with me the way my grandfather and his siblings did Frank ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 2:33 PM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't have to be a big piece of national history if it is well told, > which is of course an art. I think Robert McKee's book "Story" contains a > lot of good ideas. > > It also depends if you have good material, for example personal journals > or diaries. Personal journals are priceless. The part on page 6/7 where a > journal entry is a quoted feels real and authentic, a bit as if you > experience "Wild Cat Creek" yourself. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Pamela McCorduck <[email protected]> > Date: 4/26/19 01:16 (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] New Mexico Legacy > > Your kids, and especially your grandchildren, will so appreciate this kind > of memoir. Often, local historical societies welcome a copy too, because > the memoir is fine-grained enough to appeal to somebody doing local > history, even if it isn’t a big piece of national history. > > > > > On Apr 25, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today the book from Frank arrived, after I ordered it at Amazon recently, > and I have read it in the evening. When I read the name "Kayser" of the > grandparents I thought they must have a German background, since "Kaiser" > is the German word for emperor. (One of my German colleagues is named > Kaiser too). And a few pages later I read that they are indeed descendants > of German immigrants. Fascinating. It was also interesting to read about > the USS Baltimore. I like the idea of writing down the story of the own > family to preserve it for future generations. The digital world is so > short-lived and temporary. > > Cheers, > Jochen > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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