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  • 1918 Bull Street Asylum Fire

    Asylums and the history of mental illness has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. Both of my parents worked at the state hospital in North Dakota until we moved to Alaska in 2001. I got my bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2017 and have been working in the field since; including an

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  • An eccentric old lady and her cats…

    The newspaper article below was featured in The Illustrated Police News, etc. London, Greater London, England on Saturday October 1st, 1870. According to Wikipedia, “The Illustrated Police News was a weekly illustrated newspaper which was one of the earliest British tabloids. It featured sensational and melodramatic reports and illustrations of murders and hangings and was

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  • An unexpected death…

    I didn’t realize how large my moms side of the family was until I started working on the family tree. I knew my grandpa LeRoy was 1 of 17 children born to Charles and Ida Martin (nèe. Waldo), but it looks a lot bigger on paper, once you add spouses, children and grandchildren. When I

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  • Love, daddy

    Love, daddy

    I wanted to try to stay ahead of the game as far as weekly posts come and I’m very thankful for the post scheduling feature on WordPress; but there are times where I get excited about a discovery that I can’t help but share. This post is a little sad. I don’t think the recipient

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