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...
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...
Writing Prompt Wednesday

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...