Psychology

A couple of years ago, my sweet Sister-in-law told me that she wants to return to college and study psychology.  While it's just not my thing, I am thrilled for her that she is interested in continuing to learn!  However, she later told me that, "Psychology is one of those majors that people snicker at.  And even with a PhD, you can't get a job."  How sad that she had been given no encouragement by the educators at ASU (near where she lives) and psychologists she had been in contact with!

Books mentioned in Winter 10



Photo by teresia



Last year, during the Winter Semester, most of my classes and teachers mentioned several books that I simply did not have time to read.  I wrote a note about each book, hoping that I would have time later to revisit the subject.

I thought it might be of interest to see the classes & books I took:

Classes I took:

   Honors Biology 100

   American Heritage100

   Honors Book of Mormon 122

   Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 191

   Western American History in the 20th Century 361

School is half over!

Tiz the season for midterms, papers to be written, and end-of-semester projects to begin in earnest!  Of the 4 class I am taking this semester, I have projects in 3 of them!  Happily, they all will be group projects, allowing me to get to know my fellow students a little better while delving into some aspect of my studies a little deeper!

#7 - Amanda Melisa Burgess

Amanda Melisa Burgess

Born 19 April 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Married to Henry Slade on 11 October 1869

Died 4 December 1929 in Kline, Colorado

Buried in

#6 - Henry Slade

Henry Slade

Born 28 November 1847 in Houston, Texas

Married 11 Oct 1869 to Amanda Melissa Burgess

Died 5 January 1934 in Kline, Colorado

Buried in

#5 - Thurza Elizabeth Berry

Thurza Elizabeth Berry

Born 11 April 1865

Married to John William Brown on 15 April 1886

Died on 14 March 1936

At St. Johns, Arizona

Thurza - 15 years old
I love the difference between
these two pictures!



#4 - John William Brown

John William Brown

born at

Married at

died at

burried at

#3 - Amy Comfert Slade

Amy Comfert Slade

born 3 November 1894 in Eagar, Apache, AZ

Married 25 December 1913 to Robert William Brown (Sr)

Died 1991 in Mesa, Maricopa, AZ

buried in St. John, AZ city cemetery

My grandmother's middle name is Comfert (yes, spell it this way!) because when she was born, she was such a comfort to her mother.  She went by her middle name until she was  grown, & someone teased her about it - she changed to Amy from that time on.



Amy and Robert






 





Amy and Robert



 

Amy, Robert, and family



 







 

Five Generations:  Amy, Shirley,

Janice, Kathy, & baby



   

Amy and some of the grandchildren



Amy and some of the grandchildren

Amy

Amy lived with John & Ginny Brown
for many years



Amy with Robert, Jr and

Mike, Roy, and Margaret



Amy during her last  years

  



#2 - Robert William Brown (Sr.)

Robert William Brown (Sr)

born 2 March 1895 in Nutrioso, Apache, AZ

Married 25 December 1913 to Amy Comfert Slade

died 28 September 1968 in Mesa, Maricopa, AZ

buried in St Johns, AZ city cemetery

#1 - The Brown Children

John, Henry, Robert, Glen, & Robert (Sr) in Flagstaff 1939

I am looking for a photo that includes Shirley, Glen, Robert, Henry, Robert & John.  If you have one, please let me know about it so I can share it here!

Shirley Jean Brown
     Born 17 April 1915 in Kline, LaPlata, CO
     Married to Frank Cummins (1895-1968)
     Children -
        
     Died 21 April 1989 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA

Walter Glenn Brown
     Born 14 May 1917 in Denver, Denver, CO
     Married to Mary Smith Peterson (1916-2006), Rose Etta Moore (1934-2009)
     Children -
          Mary Joan Ray (1939-1997)
     Died 30 August 1992 in ?

Irene Brown
     Born 16 March 1919 in St Johns, Apache, AZ
     Died 29 March 1919 in St Johns, Apache, AZ

Robert William Brown, Jr
     Born 13 January 1921 in Durango, LaPlata, CO
     Married to Enid Rae Beaman (1924-2008), Dorothy Larson (), and Marilyn Anne Grohe ()
     Children -
          Linda
          Bob
          Jim
          Mike
          Roy
          Margaret
     Died on 13 December 2010 in Enoch, Iron, UT

Henry Slade Brown
     Born 4 July 1922 in Dolores, Montezuma, CO
     Married
     Children -
        
     Died 22 March 2000 in Fremont, Alameda, CA

John Clayton Brown
     Born 3 December 1924 in Kline, La Plata, CO
     Married Virginia Price (1924-2010)
     Children -
          John
        
     Died 6 February 2003 in Mesa, Maricopa, AZ

Leroy Dunlop Brown
     Born 20 January 1926 in Holbrook, Navajo, AZ
     Died 1 February 1928

George Berry Brown
     Born 13 December 1929 in McNary, Apache, AZ
     Died 13 December 1929 in McNary, Apache, AZ

Microsoft attacks OpenOffice

An interesting video - I couldn't find the original source to imbed it, but here is the link where I saw it.

http://www.wimp.com/attacksopenoffice/

Some of the articles I found in the process of looking for the original wondered if Microsoft is feeling the heat from OpenOffice.

Personally, I like having Office - I like that I already know how to work it.

The life of an evolution biologist

My step-dad, Lorenzo Lisonbee, was one of the "big-wigs" in the argument of whether schools would teach evolution in Arizona. As a biologist and scientist, he argued that evolution SHOULD be taught to the high school kids. There were others, who argued that evolution should NOT be taught to the kids.

Lorenzo was a good man -

Origins of Computing

The Abacus

Book Report

As mentioned in Megan’s Hot Chocolate News our group read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, the story of Nathaniel Bowditch, the man who revised the standards for sailing ships around the world.

Set just after the Revolutionary War period, tall sailing ships sailed around the world, trading spices, clothing, machines, and ideas, young Nat Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachusetts, part of a family of sailors.  When he was only 12 years old, he was indentured at a Chip Chandlery – a sort of hardware store for ships and sailors.  While there, he discovered that he had a knack for learning on his own. 

Our selected book

Our group met at the LBLL today to choose our book - we had a lot of great books to choose from - some from reads in years gone by, and others from the Honors Reading List, and still others that just looked interesting.  All were great selections, which made it hard to choose!

The Frontier

Last year, I took HIST 361 - Western American History in the 20th Century - a very fascinating and interesting class!  On our first day of note-taking, we discussed Frederick Jackson Turner and others, & how thier spin on history have influenced us for over 100 years. 

There are several ways we can look at the Frontier: Little House on the Prairie, the Wild West, an almost fictitious era of America, as a topic of discussion and testing in school, Alaska, space, technology, still going on, etc.???

What exactly IS frontier?!

Only one month to Election Day!

Are you registered to vote in Utah?  Go to http://www.elections.utah.gov/ to get a digital copy of the 2010 Voter Information booklet - be informed and prepared to vote!!

Are you registered to vote in another state?  Quick!  Do a search for your state's election page, then:
1) make sure you are registered for an absentee ballot
2) download and read your state voter informaiton booklet!

Election day is on November 2nd - don't forget!!

(OK, my "Mother Moment" is over, you can go on with your usual events!)

Book Review ideas

Since I HomeSchooled our children for 18 years, whenever I think of a book to read regarding some historical event, my mind automatically turns to the Juvenile section of the library.  There I can always find short, interesting, colorful, fact-filled books that are fun to read  and look through!  Jean Fritz is always a great author.  I love the Newberry Award books (even though they usually aren't historical - but sometimes they are!).  And there seems to be a recent flood of historical books that have awesome picture-book presence!

So ... my suggestions are ...

Facts and Fun

As I started to read Dickens' "Hard Times", I had to stop - even the first few sentences hurt!  Education in every form should be full of exciting & interesting moments of discovery, expanding our minds and hearts, learning the what as well as the why and how, but most of all fun!