<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Surprise Family: Find Your Ancestry Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[NicholsonStories.com]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:52:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nicholsonstories.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Encounters]]></title><description><![CDATA[For most of my adult life, my passion for writing was absorbed by academic papers and producing professional materials. For pure pleasure...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/lost-in-the-library-what-to-read-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f00cc70ca5bb100171999d2</guid><category><![CDATA[FOREIGN ENCOUNTERS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:37:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_868e5a7c79bf43eabf89ad3f90e62e96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Audition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lorraine said, “Let’s try out to be mermaids at Weeki Wachee.” Her colleague was creating a Netflix documentary. 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Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pecha Kucha St Augustine March 1, 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was the last image of 20 from a 6 minute 40 second talk (20x20).]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/pecha-kucha-st-augustine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e615110ff5ff89690d7308</guid><category><![CDATA[Pecha Kucha Turn the Page]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_204896f3a63a48ce9abb9363ba429b61f000.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vladimir Vlahovic, Love of My Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dead Friends I Have Loved The last time . . . Vladimir Vlahovic May 16, 1940 — June 17, 2016 The last time I saw Vladimir was March 7,...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/vladimir-vlahovic-love-of-my-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">625a21158e360f5312996b02</guid><category><![CDATA[THE LAST TIME ...]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 14:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_339c363597e34d30b54a8e9becf8aa06~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories of Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mom had unique mothering skills. Everyone got their own Chef Boyardee pizza.]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/memories-of-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621266b45751ad0c8fc81747</guid><category><![CDATA[MY MOTHER]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 17:40:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_6c8dc276ca48499ebc18038140bbbff2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_853,h_491,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nana: Enjoying Marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harriet Mae Briner Martin May 16, 1893 Loysville, PA - May 23, 1987, Harrisburg, PA Preface What does an eighty-year-old woman talk about...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/getting-married-good-times</link><guid isPermaLink="false">614f76e15895f1001611a9a5</guid><category><![CDATA[NANA: In Her Own Words]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 02:01:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_e256d063bdf94dbabd2a6d927cbfc07d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_877,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nana: Birthing Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harriet Mae Briner Martin May 16, 1893 Loysville, PA - May 23, 1987, Harrisburg, PA Preface In 1973 I was thirty years old and completing...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/nana-birthing-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6130325c8837b60016285d32</guid><category><![CDATA[NANA: In Her Own Words]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:21:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_d48c001ce3604ed7871e4918079fd7d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Mother's Virginity]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Mother’s Virginity Marge, Precocious When growing up, I suspected my mother wasn’t like other mothers of the 1950s. For example, Mom...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/my-mother-s-virginity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61250c860c8cac00151ec9c9</guid><category><![CDATA[MY MOTHER]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:14:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_192f50a9c2e4473486067f248fa4001a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. 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She was living in a rehab...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/alexis-brinegar-chef-extraordinaire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60981ebbdc5016001513e10b</guid><category><![CDATA[THE LAST TIME ...]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 18:28:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_e2bc0773564f4d8cb60470ddd584090f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. 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Once I am dead nothing will matter, but in the meantime, I am sometimes struck—when I open a...]]></description><link>https://www.nicholsonstories.com/post/never-give-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2c8ff7c764a60017da9b79</guid><category><![CDATA[FOREIGN ENCOUNTERS]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:20:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7903ea_25b5e5294ddc43549adf12b060d16b36~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margaret M. Nicholson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>