Dear friends,

Our genealogist, Margo Lee Williams has recently completed her book and had it published.  I'm sure all will want to purchase it and read the account of her African American Quaker ancestor.  Pre-orders can be taken at Barnes & Noble.

Please get in touch with her and…

It's time to "Rise!" and happily embrace our dreams and choices.  Have an Easter of forgiveness and promises of resurrection.  Our ancestors could ask no more of us; our children can only benefit from…

Dear Friends,

I had to share this picture with you.  It represents the best of times in what can be a season of reflections both joyful and sorrowful.   This year I lost two of my friends.  One passed quickly, the other had been ill for some time.  Our ancestors, our family, our…

The truth of the first Thanksgiving uncovers a rather bizzare episode of American History. Without the help of Native People, the early European settlers would not have made it through their first year. How sad to know that the gift of earth's bounty would result in the eventual displacement and devastation of the very people who thought to share what they had worked so hard to gather. Their stored foods were stolen by the settlers and their homes wrecked.…

Event at Mount Vernon

On Thursday, November 4, I have been invited to the Re-dedication of the Slave Quarters at Mout Vernon. The Slave Quarters were the home of Mansion House workers and their families and I am honored to bring my granddaugher, Harmony with me for her beginning participation in our family's…