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Bruce Jacobson

Me . . . and those who came before.

Author: Bruce

Tracing My Swedish Family Names

What might seem simple—a person’s name—turns out to be full of complexity. When looking into family history I found there…
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Posted on: 3 February 2023 Last updated on: 17 March 2023 Written by: Bruce

Life on the Harraseeket

Several types of communities are found along the shores of the Haraseeket estuary in Freeport, Maine. A community is any…
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Posted on: 16 March 2022 Last updated on: 28 June 2022 Written by: Bruce
Dorothy Helen Phillips

Mothers Day

It’s Mother’s Day and I am thinking of when my mother opened her eyes, I held her, and she was…
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Posted on: 10 May 2020 Last updated on: 3 February 2023 Written by: Bruce
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Woodmont Road

It was my parents’ dream to make something special of the house on Woodmont Road, their first. My detail-oriented dad…
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Posted on: 12 September 2019 Last updated on: 14 February 2023 Comments: 4 Written by: Bruce

Caring for the Globe

No, I’m not talking about the Earth. Rather, the world globe given to my father upon his graduation from high…
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Posted on: 22 August 2019 Last updated on: 2 February 2023 Comments: 3 Written by: Bruce

Boxer Menagerie

Every day I think of my animal friends when dressing.
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Posted on: 9 August 2019 Last updated on: 30 October 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

New Pond Environment

Begun in 2017, I completed my plan for the pond environs five years later (not bad, considering the length of…
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Posted on: 1 August 2019 Last updated on: 23 June 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce
View of hills accross Candlewood Lake.

Candlewood Lake

Our family enjoyed going to Candlewood Lake in western Connecticut on summer weekends. It turns out my father had been…
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Posted on: 21 June 2019 Last updated on: 2 February 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

Acadia Outings

I’ve lost track of visits to Acadia, which is not surprising given that my home is adjacent to the national…
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Posted on: 1 June 2019 Last updated on: 16 December 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

New York-Bound, 1902

After traveling by train across Sweden from Norberg, his hometown, Carl Albin Jacobsson arrived Göteborg Central Station at 7:03 on…
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Posted on: 26 May 2019 Last updated on: 18 January 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: Bruce

Eskilstuna in Miniature ~ Brooklyn, New York

When you arrive in New York for the first time, you can be more than a little astonished at the…
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Posted on: 22 May 2019 Last updated on: 10 December 2021 Written by: Bruce
Till Amerika C.A. Jacobsson

“Till Amerika” Newly Translated

Sunday, the 20th of April 1902, the departure date of my trip, had arrived. With mixed feelings, I anticipated saying…
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Posted on: 16 May 2019 Last updated on: 7 February 2023 Comments: 9 Written by: Bruce
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