The Good News Channel

[Griffin NoName]

Well done Sccribs !

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Thanks.

Kudos to you-- any kids you come into contact will be enriched, I have no doubt.

Thank you. These are my peers I'll be working with, lol.

[pieces o nine]

Yay, Scrib!   

[Opsa]

That's wonderful news to hear, Scrib. You deserve a break! YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Thanks.

[Opsa]

I am happy to tell you that my daughter (known here as th'Opsalette) was invited to try out for the All-State Honor Choir (she has a very good singing voice) and made it in! So now we get to go to Virginia Beach in April for the rehearsals and performance, which will be a real treat for all of us. We're very proud of her efforts and the support of her music teacher.

[Aggie]

 

[pieces o nine]

 

The moats are aliiiiiiiiiiive
With the sound of Muuuuuuuuuuusic!

Congratulations, Opsalette!

[Opsa]

Thank you. I will pass on your greetings to her. (She will be very pleased, as she loves da Toadfish.)

[Sibling DavidH]

Well done, Opsalette! This could be your big break into show-business!   

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Well, it's official.

Years ago, when some members of my family had researched our family history, we uncovered a great-great-something grandma who was full-blood Cherokee.   Alas, neither she, nor her parents made it to the lists, back in the day-- she was orphaned on the trail, hear Houston, Missouri when she was 12 or so.  A local family took her in, and by the time she was grown, she'd fallen in love with the son, and they married.   I'm descended from her, through my mother.

At that time, my mother applied to the Cherokees for a membership card-- it would've been modestly useful to our business at the time.  We were turned down then, but mom re-applied and that was all we heard.

Then, this week, she gets a letter in the mail, with temporary Cherokee ID cards... imagine that?  After all this time, some bureaucrat approved her application.  Too late for the business (retired), but it's kinda cool, in a way.

I need to research what to do next, I would imagine a trip to the headquarters is in order.

But one of those cards has my name on it....

... so it's official:  I can claim, in part, to actually >>be<< a Genuine North Americano...



Ain't life just full of unexpected twists and turns?

[pieces o nine]

Interesting; what's your new plans for that?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

None at present, aside from bragging rights.

I've known for years that my ancestor was full-blood Cherokee, but I'd not had official statements (other than our family records).

Perhaps, I will look into it more, in the future-- what can it harm, to get in touch with that line of my family?

[Sibling DavidH]

You will have to buy a tomahawk!   

What a splendid thing, to have such interesting ancestors confirmed.  I envy you.

[Swatopluk]

Now try whether there is also a Viking in the lineage. They are fond of axes too.