I couldn’t figure out why the picture on the brochure advertising ghost tours of the Garden District in New Orleans looked familiar. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks–that’s my long-lost uncle Ernest Kruttschnitt’s house on the cover. The home, which is currently used as a boarding house, and apparently is for sale […]
Old Letter Is Probably Fake, But Still Makes Good Reading
I have a vague memory of my mother showing me this letter from “our relatives in Ireland” that may or may not have been real. It was probably sent to her by her brother, Hugh Simmers, who may have been pulling her leg. Brother Bill recently did a good job of reading it in authentic Irish Brogue. […]