Tag Archives: Gypsy

Guest Post – New Beginnings

Posted on June 29, 2015 by vanbytheriver

Originally posted on A Momma's View:
A beautiful guest post from my friend Vanbytheriver. I was told that it was sort of inspired by my ‘Inside Out’ post, which makes me even happier. I can totally relate to how…

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The Fortune Teller

Posted on June 3, 2015 by vanbytheriver

Oda Mae Brown. She was the fortune teller so brilliantly portrayed by the Oscar winning Whoopi Goldberg in “Ghost”.  She was a fake, a charlatan, until she met up with recently- departed Sam Wheat. Suddenly, things got real for Oda … Continue reading →

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Moving Van Envy

Posted on October 8, 2014 by vanbytheriver

On two different Ellis Island ship registries from the early 1900’s, it was noted that the nationality for both of my immigrant grandparents was “Magyar”. This could have meant one of two things; that the language they spoke was of … Continue reading →

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