Under the palm trees

Photo by Patrick Jones. Bali. 15 Oct 2026.

 

City Directories update on Ancestry

Ancestry has added 1.37 million records to its US City Directories collection, according to a Facebook post today. The collection spans the years 1822-1999. Taking a quick look, I see a new to me entries:

Ancestry. City Directories. Sioux City, 1894.

Above is an entry in Sioux City, Iowa from 1894, showing Agnes Atherton O'Brien, performing at the Theater Comique. I've previously seen news articles mentioning Agnes in Sioux City from that year, but this confirms her extended stay. 

Cine Con Cultura

A proud Dad moment with S prominently featured in this article on the Cine Con Cultura film festival that concluded last week in Ithaca, NY. The festival ran 14 Sept-21 October for Hispanic Heritage Month. 2026 marked the 12th anniversary of the film festival. She has a great quote at the end of the article, and it's super cool to see this.

In all directions

Photo by Patrick Jones. Bali. 15 Oct 2026.

 

Lucas Museum visit

Photo by Patrick Jones. Lucas Museum. 12 Oct 2026.

Earlier in the month I had a 12 hour layover in Los Angeles en route to Indonesia. I used part of the time to visit the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. I expected to see a lot of props and art inspired by the films of George Lucas, and came away impressed with the extensive collection of other works ranging from Rockwell to street art (Banksy, JR, etc) to comics to Frida Kahlo and more. The gardens have a growing sculpture collection, and the whole complex sits in Exposition Park next to the University of Southern California and Memorial Stadium.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Star Wars props.

Narsiso Martinez. Philosophy in the Fields.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Lucas Museum.