My online photo management site has changed policies and once again is allowing access to my photo albums through the following:
http://albums.phanfare.com/greencity
The change restores a feature of Phanfare that was changed when version 2.0 was released.

Recently, many states have helped in the cause of genealogical research by making their vital records available online.  I received an e-mail earlier today about an effort to have Pennsylvania records more accessible:
Here is the link to the website about the grassroots effort to get older Pennsylvania state death certificates available online like they have [...]

In the past few days, I posted two mini-reviews of recent additions to my library. I’ve added a blog category for booknotes, and from time to time will post comments on recent books I’ve read.  For those who’ve known me for years, you’ll see my reading interests are still eclectic–or as good friend Roy McCray [...]

Former San Francisco Mayor and California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown has written an unusually frank memoir of his life in politics, which is a must read for anyone who would attempt to understand California politics in the latter decades of the 20th century. Willie Brown was amazing!
For several years, while working at the Association [...]

Recently, former President Jimmy Carter has been criticized by politicians and pundits for his direct communications with Palestinians and others in his long-standing commitment to bring about peace in the Middle East–specifically between Israel and Palestine.
Most Americans have a very limited view of the issues–disagreeing in fact with most Israelis about what could be done [...]