by LaRae Free Kerr

My Dad died last Saturday. And I am far from home. I didn’t feel him drift away, and I am already lonesome for him. But as is the nature of our modern world, before I received the news, the documents recording his death were begun.

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by LaRae Free Kerr

We had lunch – salmon mousse – with the Duke of Norfolk at the Savoy in London. The family history I wrote, with the fabulous aid of many family members, was one of ten finalists, and the only American entry, in a contest of the The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in England. The book also won a first place in the Idaho Press Women Contest and an honorable mention in the Heartland Genealogical Society contest.

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