The Revealing Choices of Favorite Books
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Favorite books show next generations where our imaginations take flight and where we find delight.
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Letters: Disappearing Windows on Lives
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We discovered that these were not the letters of a young man in love. Rather these were letters from a man who twenty years into a marriage realized what he almost lost.
Read MoreChecking the Signs
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“We carry our ancestors in ways we don’t know or understand,” said James Walsh, a University of Colorado history professor.
Read MoreOh, Lu-te-fisk: The Tradition We Love to Hate
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Grandma Hazel Lagerborg, was a formidable woman: sturdy, hard-working, and nearly six feet tall. I might have been frightened of her were it not for the twinkle in her light blue eyes.
Read MoreThe Story of a Big Name
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After he moved from Samoa to America, Pulutausa Fatu Utuone Aiono Nu’u changed his name to Joe, but at a great loss.
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The Gift of an Interview
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An interview, focused listening, can be a simple, valuable gift.
Read MoreLife’s Most Beautiful Places
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“Do you have a favorite site in the park?” With a far-away look in their eyes each responded, “Yes, but I’m not sure I want to tell you where it is.”
Read MoreStory in Stumbling Stones
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On a tour of the German Medieval but now modern city of Regensburg, our tour guide clustered us around two bronze-covered bricks imbedded in a cobblestone street. As we peered at the stones, the guide explained that their purpose was to connect us with a tragic story.
Read MoreStones of Remembrance
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In each person’s life there are turning points and defining events that influence the course of a life–or ones attitude toward life. If we can identify some of these in a Retelling project, they become like stones of remembrance.
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