is for Filter in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy Filter, screen, censor, or frame, no matter what you call it, we all do it, and we humans have always done it. Sexuality has been written out of most personal family histories and stories for a long, long time. All the way back […]
The E of Legacy Tools – Easy
is for Easy in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy When starting on a legacy project, for yourself or for others, make it easy on yourself. If you do not enjoy the creation process, the product most likely will reflect something other than joy or satisfaction. Legacy is whatever you want to make it. […]
The D of Legacy Tools
is for Digital Legacy in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy I have a thing about old letters, images, tawny browns, and filtered light. They remind me of times gone by and the first stirrings of a history written for women, about women, by women. Women’s domains no matter how they are parsed were, […]
The C of Legacy Tools
is for Conserve and Curate in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy The verbs to conserve and to curate are chicken and egg concepts. Do you have to conserve something before it can be curated? Or is conservation something done within the process of curation? Like almost every discussion about the difference between two things, […]
The B of Legacy Tools
is for Books in Boxes in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy In order to preserve important items you will want to keep heat, light, and humidity as constant as you can. Boxes are ideal for keeping dust and light off of items you want to preserve. As we covered in the first […]
The A of Legacy Tools
is for Acid-Free in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy When considering the preservation of items for legacy purposes the composition of the individual item and the environment in which the item is placed impact the use, display, and storage of of the item. Chemistry of Paper Chemical composition of a substance falls along a range […]