Saving Stuff (1950-present)

All that media doesn’t answer the question “Who was that really cool second cousin we spent the week with at Yellowstone when I was ten?”

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Uncle John

One of my earliest memories is of going to my [great] Uncle John’s funeral in the 1970s. He was a tall, broadshouldered man with white hair still with a tinge of red. He was a nice, gentle man who didn’t talk much and walked everywhere. He never married, his family was his sister and brother-in-law…

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A Glen in Wales

Andrian Mourby is a Welsh writer. He has spent over 40 years trying to find a special spot over looking a special glen that his father used to take him to. It was very (obviously) secluded and it was just one of those special places, the kind of place you think back on, the kind…

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About Mildred Harnack

While she was growing up, Rebecca Donner visited her great-grandmother’s house on a regular basis. Every time she did, she and her brother would stand against the kitchen wall and have their heights marked in pencil – joining generations of children. When she was 9, Rebecca noticed a very faint “M” on the among all…

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