Author Archives: Donna Potter Phillips

DID YOU KNOW that Vermont, Texas and California were their own country before they were a state in the United States? Yepper. Vermont and Texas were both truly independent. Vermont actually fought against New York to maintain independence and had Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………. Week’s Peek→

Heard a quote this week that has quite stuck in my mind that is applicable to many areas of our lives.  Here tis: Never let what you do not know unravel what you do know. Since for years I’ve likened Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek→

  Any good guesses as to what this is??? Hint: I was taking photos in Greenwood Cemetery here in Spokane.  If this was your ancestor’s tombstone, what, if anything, would you do about this “rusty lichen?”  Likely there is nothing Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek→

What does this cute picture have to do with genealogy?  About as much as this one: Or maybe this one: What do you think……. do you see a relationship??  Well, for years I’ve taught and followed myself the advice to Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……….. Week’s Peek→

How about some history trivia today?  Can you define what the Old Northwest Territory was? When it was created? And what states were created from that territory? And when they became states?   Thanks to Wikipedia:    The Territory Northwest of Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………….. Week’s Peek→

I’ve not been into genealogy this week……. I’ve not been into researching genealogy…….. I did attend the wedding of a grandson and I guess that’s certainly to be considered family history……. This week I’ve been thinking about gardening and my Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek→

Really disappointing news to share this week……… and I’d like to know if any of YOU have had a parallel experience.  My hubby’s father, Charles Alexander Phillips, was born in 1906 in Toledo, Ohio and he was consistent in saying Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……… Week’s Peek→

How much 4th of July American history do you know??? Care to try some of the questions that appeared in American Profile (a supplement to our daily paper)?? 1. We celebrate the Fourth of July to commemorate:  (a)  the day Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour……………… Week’s Peek→

Isn’t summertime the time to have some fun? Drink some yummy beverages and tell some jokes?? Did you know that the Snapple company has funny sayings written inside the lids of their yummy drinks?  When I went to their website, Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…….. Week’s Peek→

The program at my garden club meeting was a tour of the island of  Madagascar with its weird, varied and fantastic flora and fauna. Apparently there are over 100 species of chameleons….. do a Google Image search to see how Continue reading Good Advice From A Chameleon→