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Traveler’s Tales: The European Family Connection
My mother’s Sicilian cousin died last Thursday, five days before the big celebration of his 90th birthday. When my cousin wrote to tell of the news he sadly noted, “this is the end of a connection to...
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How Do You Pray for Half-an-Hour for Someone?
This is a post I recently wrote for a missionary friend, explaining to the people who had signed up to pray for her, exactly how I pray for an extended period of time. Once a month my husband and I...
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Caring for a Faith Friend on Furlough
Our dear friend in faith Hillary has spent the last eight months with us, home in the United States from Sicily where she’s been working for a faith-based nonprofit that does community development. She...
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Speaking My English: It’s All in the Hands
So, what am I saying? Do you use your hands when you talk? I do. Or, as someone at church asked me recently, “do you just talk until your hands stop moving, or can you speak if they’re not?” I laughed....
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Jet Lag and Europe Observations
My husband and I returned last night from 17 days in Europe and while I’d like to think I’m coherent, the truth is I’ve not slept more than a couple hours in the last four days. Jet lag anyone? I’ve...
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Agrigento, Sicily in my mind
Temple of Juno. Photos by Michelle Ule Agrigento, Sicily is the closest I’ve come to seeing Greek temples. Because Greek temples are there! We visited on a glorious day in March where the sky was blue...
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An Italian Immigrant Story
Fortunata, 30; the baby, 2 months. My mother was an Italian immigrant. That’s her in the passport photo. Mom’s the baby. My grandmother, Fortunata, is the heroine. Or the crazy woman, depending on your...
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What Does Home Mean to You?
“I just want to go home,” I said on day nine of our evacuation from the Sonoma County Fires. Tired of the chaos, uncertainty and confusion, all I could think of was the bliss of sitting in the blue...
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DNA, Genealogy and Who ARE We?
My uncle had his DNA “done” recently and to the shock of my Sicilian relatives, we’re Greek. Oh, not 100% Greek. He’s only 53% Greek, but it shocked us, none the less. That means my generation is...
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DNA and Genealogy
Having your DNA sampled is the latest tool in the Genealogy toolbox. It’s an opportunity to connect with kinsfolk you’d never heard of before. And among my genealogy pals, it’s a way of tracing lines...
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