You know the kind of stories that reduce you to a senseless mass of convulsive laughter, where you involuntarily blurt out laughs like coughs, where your eyes stream with tears and you can’t speak? And just when you stop, you make eye contact with another person who also got the joke and start all over again? Those were the kind […]
Julius and Marie Krutschnitt Couldn’t Wait to Marry
Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr., and his wife, Marie Rose Pickering, married six months ahead of plan, much to the dismay of Pickering’s mother, according to a September 25, 1907 article from the San Francisco Call. Apparently, the ceremony at the Pickering household, was pulled together so quickly that Kruttschnitt’s parents didn’t even attend. He’s quoted in the paper as having no idea […]
Lost Work of Marie Pickering Recovered
My great-grandmother Marie Rose Pickering by the early age of 20 had made “quite a reputation” as a short-story writer, as well as musician and linguist. That’s according to a September 25th, 1907 report in the San Francisco Call. But where are these literary masterpieces? None has survived the handing down of family treasure troves. Thankfully, at least […]