Category: General
Question of the Day
It is all to easy to forget that our present is history in the making. Everything we do, no matter how insignificant it may seem at the time, has the potential to be monumental. As author of A Sound of Thunder (and originator of the Butterfly Effect) Ray Bradbury said, “If you don’t like what you are doing, don’t do it.” So, how do you want to be remembered? If your story was being written, where would it start? What would the climax be? How would you want it to end? more
Home Decorating
We’ve been busy, busy doing some spring cleaning around here. You have to love that feeling of clearing out space and freshening every thing up after a long Minnesota winter. Of course, one of the best parts is taking the opportunity to spruce up your space once you are done. I have spent many a Saturday perusing antique shops looking for the perfect history-inspired accents to decorate my home. Rarely, do I expect to find that special something at a large retailer. Until now. I am head over heels for this sheet set at Anthropologie. They actually took REAL antique,… more
A Brief Explanation
Dear Friends, I want to thank you so much for your continued support and interest in The Historium, LLC. Building this business has been one of the most wonderful and time-consuming things I have ever done in my life, it is also one of the things that I believe has inspired the most growth in me personally, during my life. I know I haven’t been updating this blog as regularly as I would like to, and I want to offer all of you who patiently and consistently read and explanation for my absence. I am not leaving, and my company… more
New Years Resolutions: Putting Your Goal In Action
So now you have set a reasonable goal, or re-worded your initial goal to be more reasonable. Something with a start and a finish, or a timeline so that you can find the inspiration and drive that you need to be successful in your goal. Now, I’m not saying it’ll be easy. . . but at least you are track to really get this thing done! Here are some general family history goals and how to look at accomplishing them. First, it’s important to identify why you want to do it at all. It sounds elementary, I know, but there will… more
New Years Resolutions: A Family History Goal You Can Achieve
The end of January might be a time when you are thinking about lying those New Years Resolutions to rest. What were your New Years Resolutions? Drop 10 lbs.? Finish your novel? Did any of you make family history resolutions? It seems as though we’re always talking about setting resolutions, it’s a giddy topic of conversation, the desire to improve upon the year before, and it also seems as though failure is expected and the impending doom draws nearer from the first morning you utter your resolutions, or set them to paper. It’s just a matter of time. No one… more
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