This project builds on The Strehlke Saga, a set of books created by my paternal grandfather (The Strehlke Saga II) and his father (The Strehlke Saga). This site is intended to be a portal into the Strehlke Saga, the living journey of our family. It will include portals to whichever branches off this tree may exist, in whatever universes those branches may be found.
I plan to incorporate multiple branches for the different worlds we have all lived in and ultimately field contributions from the constellation of our families. This is a creative and living space, but the site is intended to represent the universal components—the part that remains invariant across all these universes, the overlap between them. It is alive, just as our forebears' stories were alive, and it will grow over time.
Importantly, it wasn’t The Strehlke Saga that spawned this record, but rather the lesser-known origin story of Nellene—which I consider to be the most emotionally beautiful and poignant story in our family lore. Nellie, along with her granddaughter Sally, who transcribed that story and later generated The Strehlke Saga, are the Hidden Figures behind this entire record.
I hope to keep these figures alive while also breathing life into the other branches of our tree. Together, we can create a fertile soil in which this tree continues to bloom and grow—watered, but never watered down.
With the utmost sincerity,
N-Strokes
For the bold and terminally curious, we (sort of) offer:
For those of you in the know, your username is your NickName (pick your favorite—or pick someone else’s that you can remember!) and your password is a highly competitive activity which occupied a branch of the Strehlke family during a recent summer visit.
Oh, and be sure to CAPITALIZE on that password hint.