Elizabeth Wellman was born April 2, 1890 to Gerhard and Maria Wellman in West Point, Iowa.
She was born to German immigrants. Gerhard had come to America from Germany in 1884. Maria Kruempelmann had arrived in 1885.
Education Department seeks to remove school’s accreditation
Washington, DC (AP) In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the White House lawn.
The Plan
Until I started using Fantasy Grounds, my maps has usually been drawn freehand on either graph paper (for buildings and dungeons) or hex paper (for area maps). Most of these were simple floorplans, drawn with a mechanical pencil, though I would sometimes break out the colored pencils for area maps.
When I started the FG campaign I initially planned to simply continue drawing my maps by hand and running them through the scanner. But as soon as I tried it I could see the results were less than stellar. Here’s a sample:
No one who knows me is surprised by the fact that I love to cook and bake. I am not only interested in the end product but the ‘why things work as they do’. One of my favorite books is Cookwise by Shirley O. Corriher. It is subtitled “The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking.”
Hazel Anna Durfee was born February 26, 1917 in Morristown, South Dakota. Her parents, Aaron Bradford “Bud” and Anna Durfee ran the general store there. They moved to Reeder, North Dakota in 1921 and had a store there as well.
Voice Communications for Virtual Tabletops
When we decided to try using Fantasy Grounds to restart my old D&D campaign, we started with a bunch of demo sessions. We wanted to kick the tires and see how it went. The whole idea of playing virtually seemed new and strange, and we weren’t sure how well we would like it.
During these sessions we had a phone call going with the other player. This was enormously helpful, both to get the initial setup complete, and during the actual game play.
For my parents 50th anniversary, I decided to make them a small quilt. Many of my quilts are wall hangings, instead of bed quilts. I like to create designs that are unique. This one was based off a photograph my parents had had taken while they were on vacation in Wyoming some years ago. They had used it as a Christmas card a few years later and I had my copy of that.
John and Catherine were married in Cincinnati Ohio in 1853. Sometime before 1859, they moved to Iowa and opened Kempker’s Family Store in West Point, Iowa.
A virtual tabletop (VTT) is software on your computer. It connects to the Internet and allows you to play traditional tabletop games with people in other locations. A VTT provides a shared view of images, die rolls, and other game components (boards, cards, miniatures, etc.). It also provides a communication platform, generally a chat window but sometimes voice communication too.
Not to worry. We have a plan! No, really!
So far this blog has been a bit of a mishmash. Which shouldn’t be too surprising. After all, “a bit of a mishmash” would also describe our interests, our book collection, our home decor, etc. It isn’t exactly a shock that our blog would end up that way too.
But reaching the end of the Grand Tour posts gives us an opportunity to bring a bit of order to things. And we’re going to use it.