I did not
realize that my last post was more than a year ago.
Fact is that I just burned
out. For years my enthusiasm had me treating my research like a full-time job but I'm too old to have a full-time job.
On top of that I spent 3 years in a fairly demanding position in my local
genealogy society (I should have quit after 2 years). Then add the kinds of
things that tend to lead researchers into a slump.
It was as though
someone had pushed my “off” button.
I was in the
middle of creating Google earth family history tours of my immigrant ancestors
from their arrival in the US to the cities where they eventually settled. With
photos along the way. I stopped dead. Now my interest is beginning to reawaken
after ignoring genealogy for many months. I’ll probably get back to it before
long.
In the
meantime, I’ve begun a new hobby that is engaging and stimulating – amateur
microscopy. It is a huge learning experience and fun. I even started a blog
mostly as a summary of my progress Microscopy:Confessions of a Newbie I’m hoping
that this will provide a distraction that will keep me from obsessing on
genealogy while still making progress.
I’ll be
back.
