How to Preserve Family History: The Complete Guide
Most families think about preserving their history at the same moment: when it’s almost too late. A grandparent’s health changes. Someone clears out a house and finds boxes…
Read MoreThoughts on memoir writing, legacy preservation, and the art of capturing a life well lived.
Most families think about preserving their history at the same moment: when it’s almost too late. A grandparent’s health changes. Someone clears out a house and finds boxes…
Read MoreA Bar Mitzvah marks one of the most significant moments in a young person’s life. The preparation, the ceremony, the weight of tradition passing from one generation to…
Read MoreYou know your mum better than almost anyone. What she’d actually use, what would sit in a drawer, whether she needs more things. And you know, somewhere, that…
Read MoreYou’ve been through every list. Personalised wine glasses. Monogrammed towels. A hamper. A weekend away. All lovely, all genuinely thoughtful, and none of them quite right. The problem…
Read MoreEvery year, the same problem. A significant birthday approaching. A parent or grandparent who has everything they need, wants nothing material and would genuinely prefer you didn’t make…
Read MoreMost people don’t discover what gave their life driven purpose until they stop to look back at it. Not because they weren’t living purposefully. But because purpose tends…
Read MoreMost people, when they think about writing their life story, imagine a single, continuous narrative. A beginning, a middle and an end. The story of a life, told…
Read MoreA short story has one job: to make you feel something in the smallest possible space. The best short story writers — Chekhov, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver —…
Read MoreNo one else has lived your life. This sounds obvious. But it’s worth sitting with, because the implications are stranger and more interesting than they first appear. Your…
Read MoreThere is a particular kind of conversation that only happens in families. Usually late at night and around a table, after something has made someone reflective — a…
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