A Thought Pad

         Circling the world in my thoughts about my Jones surname ancestors has been a focus of many a days climbing out a host of family tree branches. Out this branch ... out that branch ... fall out a few times ... but, up and at 'um! Anyway, what to do with all these discoveries? A "thought pad" ... hum ... somewhere to keep that information for any future adventures. Since my earlies days of tree climbing [see post July 10, 2010] the following scan of a basic note pad (memory storage) is given to anyone who might need such a help. A "Think Tank Tumbler" my humor would call it. [see post "mentalis mastication" of October 3rd, 2025!] So here it is, staring with a clean, white copy paper, 24 lb. wt., 96 % white. Four columns and 12 rows drawn in order.

        It can be used to jot down any note or reference in any order. It can be used as a date Calander for any year in history with a 12 month duration, month by month. (top to bottom) with year listed on top! Don't know how well it will copy but, you can design your own think pad. Keep smiling until then. The Jones Genealogist, April 18, 2026. 

P.S. Here is an example how the pad was actually used. (Even with color markers!)

Out Of The Darkness

         Log cabins were not far out of the memory of my immediate ancestors. Granny Ewen (maidan name Morton) would often remind "us grandkids", that she grew up in a log cabin. This would often come after our 'high horses' got a bit too galloping about. Anyhow, here is a picture of her of her very own growing-up log cabin taken around 1950.

         Now, several of the great-great-grandchildren are shown sitting on the grass in front of the many memories that were contained within. 

        One day just past her 90th year, it came to me to ask Granny what she thought was the most amazing event she had observed among her years. Her immediate response was "...the lightbulb." Say what! Never did I ever think about the lightbulb! Always had one, always been one ... flip a switch and there it was.  Of course, Thomas Alva Edison would certainly have his own thoughts. Well, here is a picture of light before the lightbulb that now sits on my mantel today. The coal-oil lamp (Kerosene) that was used to help light the way in this old Morton cabin.

         Out of darkness and into the light!

P.S. The Mortan family story can be found in "The History and Genealogy of the Morton Families of Powel County, Kentucky", compiled and written by Lynn Douglas Morton, 1993. The Morton's had a few things to say about that "Bluegrass Music". See post of November 3, 2011, titled Pickin' and Grinnin'. 

For Today

                                        Today's Tomorrow is from the Past. 😎