Hilarie Pitman Pozesky

Genealogy: Document Overload

By hilariep on April 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

I’ve kept a trove of family information for years. And when I say “family, I mean troves of information from the 1830s on. That’s seven generations. What we have is actually quite remarkable: deeds, plat books, farm and legal records… Read More ›
Introducing My Kids to Anti-Semitism

By hilariep on April 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

Originally published at Kveller. Growing up deep in the rural, isolated Midwest, it’s hard to say what was more foreign to me–Judaism or the ever-elegant, art-filled Paris. Now that I’m middle-aged and living in a big city, I’m well acquainted… Read More ›
Life Lesson: Breaks are Key to Productivity

By hilariep on November 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

Now here’s something interesting about the way I write, discovered this very afternoon. I have been struggling with a piece that I’m working on, an article about a friend of mine who was murdered. I’ve been working on it for… Read More ›