Down the Rabbit Hoel

Stories of family, creativity, and diverse distractions.

Exercise Your Right – Go Vote!

I’m posting this a day early. Tuesday is Election Day in the US. Whatever your feelings about the candidates might be, Election Day is your opportunity to do something about it. If you can vote, please go vote. I know we’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating. Please go vote.

Happy Birthday 5th Great-Grandfather Richard Mendenhall

Richard Mendenhall was born on November 1, 1837. He is Walt’s fifth great-grandfather on the Hoel side of the family.

Rat on a Stick! A Creepy Halloween Party Food!

It’s fun to tie together a couple of hobbies. This post adds a bit of role playing games to cooking. Today, we are making Rat on a Stick.

Happy birthday great grandma Bessie May!

Bessie May Trevett was born in October 25, 1889 near Emerson, Nebraska. Bessie May is my (Michelle’s) great grandmother.

Looking for a good read? ICON has your back.

This last weekend we were at ICON, Iowa’s longest running science fiction convention. We have gone every year we could since at least 2001.

Happy Birthday Joseph Fedler!

Joseph Fedler was born on October 18, 1929 in West Point, Iowa. His daughter married Walt’s second cousin on the Wellman side of the family.

Survival Kit: Fire starters

Private pilots flying to Alaska must to care a survival kit, including means to start a fire. This could turn into a huge rabbit hole, but we’ll try to avoid that. Today we’ll focus on practical survival kit fire starters.

Happy Anniversary Johann and Elizabeth Boeding!

On October 11, 1865, Johann Heinrich Boeding married Elizabeth Becker. They are distant relations on the Link side of Walt’s family.

Fun At Sleeping Bear Dunes

We recently took a much-needed vacation to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. We saw a lot of beautiful scenery, learned a bit about the local history, and may have found yet another new obsession.

Happy Birthday Henry Merschbrock!

Henry Merschbrock was born on October 4, 1881 in St Paul, Iowa. Henry married Elizabeth Wellman, Walt’s 1st cousin twice removed.

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