Category: Genealogy
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There’s Not There
La Bufadora, Baja There is a famous quote by Gertrude Stein about Oakland, “There is no there there”. Most people think she was insulting the city, but that isn’t what it means. After spending many years in Paris, Stein had returned for a short visit to her home town. Everything that she had known as a child was either changed or gone. Thus: “There is no there there.” The place of her memory no longer existed. Unless you have never left home, you have had the experience of unexpected change over time. The farther you are removed in years, the…
