Life Story Roundup – Week of June 29, 2020

Life Story Roundup – Week of June 29, 2020

An incredible life lived in stories – Chris Johnson Purple Revolver http://www.purplerevolver.com/style/creative-review/128239-an-incredible-life-lived-in-stories—chris-johnson.html Mount Shasta retired surgeon pens harrowing medical memoir Record...
Writing Prompt Wednesday

Writing Prompt Wednesday

With this week’s writing prompt, think about transitions and occasions in your life: graduations, birthdays, good deeds, quiet moments, jobs, promotions, celebrations, or moments when you laughed until your belly hurt.   What experiences in your life make you...
Writing Prompt Wednesday

Writing Prompt Wednesday

This week’s writing prompt is a great gift starter. Use this question to write a special love letter to family, to record thoughts on Father’s Day or as the theme in your ethical will.   What do you love about the people close to you?  Describe their feature...
Life Story Roundup – Week of June 15, 2020

Life Story Roundup – Week of June 15, 2020

Today’s life story roundup focuses on oral history.  Creating family oral history projects are a great way to preserve personal stories. Oral history interviews are often the foundation of life story and memoir projects, documentaries and other web-based projects....
Stop Destroying Public Statues & Other Works of Art

Stop Destroying Public Statues & Other Works of Art

Opinion Mary V Danielsen, Owner Documented Legacy I understand the pent-up anger that spews in protesting. It’s the frustration boiling over after years of being silenced or misunderstood. It’s part of the grief process. Protests, however, bring out another side of...