Big Mick, I feel very connected to my family's history. I believe when we live in a place we take the history of that place into ourselves and become part and parcel of it forever. My family's ancestors came ashore at Pemaquid, Maine, on board the Angel Gabriel. I drove past there last night to visit some friends and felt like I was coming home.

This is something that too many people have lost. I don't know much about the Native American cultures but what little I do know indicates many of them may not have lost (been robbed of?) that ability to feel the connection to the places they have lived.

It's good to connect to someone else with similar feelings and beliefs. I haven't been at this site long but I already have enjoyed what many of the people here have to say.