PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Technology is making our lives easier to trace – but is it better?

GENEALOGY History

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Wayne Swindall November 6, 2017

One thing I miss when I go to get my collection of ads, promotions, and pleas for money, is a hand written letter. I have my correspondence on file since 1964. It is a kick to read letters I received and letters I sent. Since I got a computer, my saved correspondence consists mostly of birthday and Christmas cards. I have read several collections of letters of favorite people from history, and I had rather read them than a biography (even autobiography). I feel I get a better glimpse of the kind of person they really were. Even if a printed my email, the shorthand versions of incidents and experiences can’t compare to a well thought letter written in hand that I immediately recognize and love.

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