Posts Tagged ‘Fergus’

Getting to Gus

31Jan08

Once upon a time, Gus was a name bestowed with some frequency on newborn baby boys. From 1880 to 1900, it hovered between 122 and 199. It was no John, or even Robert, but still common enough that you might have a Gus on your family tree, hanging out with Great Aunt Esther [...]


Railway Names

25Jan08

I have a 3 y.o. son, and he is wild about trains. We’ve been careful not to feed him a steady diet of Thomas the Tank Engine - in fact, he’s only recently discovered the other Little Blue Engine That Could. But as I watch the show - over and over and over [...]