To echo Kerri’s thoughts, you’ve stumbled upon some real gifts here in these letters and, together with your writing, the book will be a beautiful read for others!
Oh that wall! Immediately John Mellencamp's Crumblin Down chorus started playing in my ears. Just like doors opening and shutting, walls going up or crumbling down are tantalizing metaphorical material. What a wonderful thing to have, your grandparents love letters! I have one parallel but not as close as yours. I happen to work down the street from a church in Boston that my Welsh 7th great grandfather was a founding member of. I had been taking walks around that church for awhile (I love circumambulating places ... I feel like it gins up energy and grounds me) and then on a weird parallel whim launched in to a genealogical search... That's when I discovered that I had been walking around the same hill these ghosts walked in the 1630s. Looking forward to your next post!
Wow, Emily! That's incredible. You've obviously done a power of work to go so far back in your family tree, too. I've only gone back as far as the mid 19th Century, but can definitely see the value in a deeper enquiry if this is the kind of thing that's revealed! I love Boston. Went once when I was 20, and have vowed to visit again. There was something in the air... A deep sense of history that I only felt paralleled (in the States) when I visited New Orleans pre-Katrina. A spiritual feel, perhaps?
Anyway, thank you so much for your comments. And yes, the wall! We finally have some progress this week with a skip in the drive an labourers booked... But do we build another one or not? Between us and the neighbours we're at a bit of an impasse! All shall be well.
I hope that the timings work for you to be able to join our meet-up on Thursday! x
This post, oooof. What a thing you have and are creating on here. An absolute honour to know you sister and watch this unfurl 💚
To echo Kerri’s thoughts, you’ve stumbled upon some real gifts here in these letters and, together with your writing, the book will be a beautiful read for others!
Thank you so much, Sarah. I'm delighted you enjoyed this! x
Oh that wall! Immediately John Mellencamp's Crumblin Down chorus started playing in my ears. Just like doors opening and shutting, walls going up or crumbling down are tantalizing metaphorical material. What a wonderful thing to have, your grandparents love letters! I have one parallel but not as close as yours. I happen to work down the street from a church in Boston that my Welsh 7th great grandfather was a founding member of. I had been taking walks around that church for awhile (I love circumambulating places ... I feel like it gins up energy and grounds me) and then on a weird parallel whim launched in to a genealogical search... That's when I discovered that I had been walking around the same hill these ghosts walked in the 1630s. Looking forward to your next post!
Wow, Emily! That's incredible. You've obviously done a power of work to go so far back in your family tree, too. I've only gone back as far as the mid 19th Century, but can definitely see the value in a deeper enquiry if this is the kind of thing that's revealed! I love Boston. Went once when I was 20, and have vowed to visit again. There was something in the air... A deep sense of history that I only felt paralleled (in the States) when I visited New Orleans pre-Katrina. A spiritual feel, perhaps?
Anyway, thank you so much for your comments. And yes, the wall! We finally have some progress this week with a skip in the drive an labourers booked... But do we build another one or not? Between us and the neighbours we're at a bit of an impasse! All shall be well.
I hope that the timings work for you to be able to join our meet-up on Thursday! x