A Deep Map

Now when I was a little chap, I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours . . . and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly inviting on a map . . . I would put my finger on it and say, 'When I grow up I will go there.'— Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

 

We are the Bartolini Family, Joe (Dad), Joe and Amanda and this is our place on the World Wide Web.

In his book, PrairyErth (A Deep Map), author William Least Heat-Moon walks the reader through a verbal map of Chase County, Kansas that portrays the county's geological, natural, and human history“. . . grid by topographical grid, digging, sifting, sorting, [and] assembling shards . . .. ”

Bartoliniville is “participatory history” in the sense that it chronicles our story as a family, the places we have lived and the people we have meet along the way. Bartoliniville is also part memoir, vanity site, travelogue, and history leason with lots of minutia toss about to add some flavor. It is a “Deep Map” of all things Bartolini.

Home Front is about us. This section also includes our individual pages. Critters is about our pets. The history of our family is outlined in Tree.

Places is mostly about where we have lived in Alaska and South Carolina. Elsewhere is about other places in our family history.

Other Stuff is just that. My father's passion for fishing is outlined in Fish Stories and some of my mother's favorite recipes are presented in Good Eats. Maps is a collection of links to web sites about maps.

 

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