Connecting threads

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Marrakesh, 20 June 2019.

While the day to day work and regular events such as meals, chores, dog walks and basketball games bubble along, in the background, the threads of family history continue to be woven together. New connections are being made and rediscovered. Old stories are being surfaced. New ones are being primed for sharing.

In the background, I've been in conversations with cousins and distant family. It has been really cool and rewarding to think about the discoveries we might find. I am sort of making progress on the research questions I set for myself, in a roundabout way.

I'll say some of these stories are fermenting, maybe soon to be shared, but their vintage may not yet be ready. In the meantime, threads are hanging dry, becoming ready for use later, when it will be time to weave them together for a coherent and connected story.