How we put all those things together, especially in this world, we do in ways totally different from the way our parents did, and our lives may be completely unrecognizable from that of our grandparents. But is that really true? The structures seem very different. But there is a continuity of personal culture. Our approaches to very different lives are similar.
NAMES, NAMING, NUMBERs, AND FACTS
Naming is arbitrary. We associate meaning with sounds, but there is no intrinsic relationship between the sound and what it means. I remember the moment I began to discover this symbolic world.
Jupiter and Juleps
Appearances can be deceiving. What we presume from logical presentation of “facts” can be totally wrong whether we are talking Juleps or Jupiter.
INTERLUDES OR INTERCESSIONS
Women should record, write down, or somehow capture inspirations and insights.
Mama’s Egg Money
My foremothers had gumption, as they called it back then, and made sure there was egg money.
Why write about Personal History? Because…
Throughout this month we
cover the interesting snippets of what we know about women’s culture, family culture, and local cultures that are often overlooked as worthy elements for preservation.