Thread:Noah Ricepudding/@comment-32823535-20200130204901/@comment-32823535-20200130222547

Thank you. I lived in England for 3 years, and there are many things that I miss. The hardest thing was sometimes meeting people who didn't like me just because I was American. And I understand that, so many Americans are loud, rude and self-important, they make for a lousy stereotype. Helps us to remember to only use stereotypes to help us relate to others, not to judge them.

I have one ancestor who came from Norwich in about 1850, another who came from Wymondham in 1637. My English ex had family from Hindolveston (Norfolk), and I did an intense genealogical study of that town using the church records (patchy 1690s to 1900), with Census records to help. It was fun. About 80% of the town is related by marriage, and I could probably link up more with additional research.

I think it is great that you do carpentry and sculpture. My grandfather did some carpentry, more as a hobby I think. And the only art form I was any good at as a child was modeling clay, although we only did that in kindergarten.