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Webster defines serendipity as the "faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for." As a photojournalist, researcher and genealogist I would add "interesting" to "valuable" and "agreeable." When I'm researching an article idea or working on a family history, I invariably find myself following unrelated tangents of interesting, agreeable, and maybe valuable tidbits of goodies. How does Webster define scatterbrain? Nevermind. Focus, focus!
In the late 1970s I was a beat writer for a weekly newspaper, the Douglas County (Nebraska)Gazette. In the late '70s and early '80s I was editor and publisher of the Journal of Genealogy, a slick monthly magazine "devoted to the pursuit of genealogical discovery." In the late '80s I edited a couple of tabloids, Midwest Fun-Times and Clubs & Organizations Journal. In the '90s I was a contributing editor to Omaha Magazine, writing primarily on the history of Omaha, Nebraska, and surrounding area. I also began freelancing and sold articles to several periodicals.
My wife has been an independent insurance adjuster for 30 years and trained me in that field. Not that I needed another career, but I found it to be valuable, agreeable AND interesting. For the last 10+ years we have traveled to disaster areas around the U.S. and have "worked" floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and hail storms. She is a General Adjuster and I'm a Senior Property Adjuster.
The purpose of this blog is twofold. I will be showcasing my published works for anyone interested, particularly editors, and I want to share the many serendipticious things I have found when not seeking.
