A place for like minds to meet is critical for establishing and maintaining group identity. We all are members of groups. Understanding someone else or detailing your personal history calls for some mention of the groups or gathering places we shaped and that shaped us. Beauty Salon Call them hair salons or beauty shops, the territory is one where […]
Quilts – Q of Legacy Tools
is for Quilt, More than Fabric Art American quilting probably began with the piecing together of worn or torn blankets and the patching of linens. Home spun and woven fabrics were the staples of clothing, bedding, and even door and window coverings. But cloth does not preserve well, and little evidence for pre-colonial quilts exist. Colonial and […]
Paper – the P of Legacy Tools
is for Paper Paper, Parchment, Papyrus Paper? It is that stuff you write on, right. Sort of. The papyrus we think of as the precursor of paper was distinct from the process of paper-making that is used today and originated in China.Papyrus was made from reeds, Cyperous Papyrus, grown in marshes at the edges of waterways in Egypt as […]
Old Wives Tales
is for Old Wives Tales The phrase, “Old Wives Tales” conveys many, contradictory meanings and images. Old is not a bad thing. Old is alive, and experienced. We can actually use the phrase itself to illustrate some of the clues that such phrases can contain and convey. Old – In our youth-focused […]
Narration
is for Narration Narration If you want to share your story, your family’s story, your church group’s story, your ancestor’s story, or the story of someone you admire, you will eventually realize you are a narrator of someone else’s story, even if you are telling your own story. No, no need for schizophrenia. Narrating […]
Marking and Metadata
is for Marking and Metadata Marking Marking photographs is essential for identifying individuals in them. Earlier this month I wrote a sad story about an orphaned photo to whom someone really tried to give family linkages. Back and Front of Photograph of Unidentified Individuals I found this photo in a store that rotates […]