: About Me

Hello,

My name is David Duncan. I live in Minnesota with my wife, Margaret, three grown children, and three grandchildren.

Today, much of who I am is rooted in growing up in diversity, strong family values, and the outdoors. I grew up in a military family and around other military families. It was in my childhood, I learned the value of tolerance and real friendship with the others. Living on a military base, you have a large "extended" family from all backgrounds to lean on in good times and bad.

I wasn't very fond of indoor games or school sports as a child. So, with a small circle of friends, I spent most of my after-school time and summers playing outdoors. Like many kids, we had a favorite place to play. Just behind my grandparents' home, I spent many hours with my friends in a small pasture with a stand of trees and a creek running through it, pretending to be whoever and where-ever we wanted. It was in that pasture playground, I first learned to let my imagination run wild. Today, when I look for inspiration, I think back to that special playground.

What do I like to do? Besides writing, I enjoy family time, cooking, traveling, fishing, archery, camping, classic movies, chess, video games. As for my writing interests, some of my favorite topics are family relations, favorite travel destinations, Spirituality (Celtic), pets, outdoor activities, and food service.

I look forward to sharing my experiences with other writers here, while also learning to improve my own writing.

All the Best, David Duncan

My passion is ...

the outdoors.

I know too much about ...

nothing and a little less than I want to know about many things.

My parents always told me ...

smile.

My childhood ambition ...

to travel.

My favorite memory ...

spending time at my grandparents.

Why I write ...

to leave a record of learning for family and others to share.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

books on food, fantasy, fiction, ancient religion, and historic biographies.

My first job ...

working on a friend's farm.

My best moment ...

my wedding day.

My inspiration ...

my wife, my children.

Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy Genealogy: Discovering people in your ancestry

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For our family, much of the information about our ancestors is handed down in storytelling. My favorite story is one my grandfather (mother's side) used to tell about being raised by his two brothers in Iowa. He fled Germany with his brothers, Army officers, during the end of Hitler's reign. My grandfather spoke of their long journey to America, how they traveled to Iowa and started up a small farm, and eventually brought my great-grandparents over from Germany. My grandfather love to tell a good story and his recount of this childhood experience was filled with much emotion and never lost...

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