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
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
Destroying public statues and other works of art does nothing to promote your cause or explain why you’re protesting. It takes away the opportunity for conversations about what was right and wrong with our American past.
Writing Prompt Wednesday
This week’s writing prompt focuses on something you’ve wanted to talk about in greater detail. Perhaps you’ve wanted to tell a story on your own terms, your side of the story. What is it you’ve never fully talked about? Explain why it’s important. Tell the story...
Life Story Roundup – Week of June 8, 2020
Below are some significant stories from the past week regarding life, society and how we preserve our stories for history. Hyphen Recommends: BOOKS BY BLACK WRITERS Hypen - Asian America Unabridged...
Creating A Family History Archive At Home
When preserving family history most often we turn to personal stories and genealogy to bring past generations to life. When people then look for photos and records to help illustrate that history, most people have more questions than answers. What is a family archive?...
Writing Prompt Wednesday
As we begin to emerge this springtime with all our thoughts and ideas about how we’d like to spend our time and projects we’d like to accomplish around our homes, here are some writing prompts to get you thinking about your next story. Describe your favorite thing to...
Life Story Roundup – Week of June 1, 2020
Below are some of our favorite stories from the past week. Time to Look Back At My Ethical Will Mail Tribune https://mailtribune.com/lifestyle/healthy-aging/a-refresher-course-in-ethical-wills Note: An ethical will documents one’s values and beliefs. It is not a legal...
The Handwritten Letters I Saved
My mother was raised in a generation that wrote letters and practiced great penmanship. She had an amazing knack for sending out small notecards with heartfelt greetings. Every time I opened the mailbox and saw an envelope with her handwriting my heart jumped. Her...
Writing Prompt Wednesday
Here at Documented Legacy we love carving out small chunks of time, maybe 30 minutes a day, for writing or recording life stories. You’ll be surprised at what you learn about yourself by reflecting on one question at a time. Tell a story about something positive that...