by Laura Hedgecock | Aug 27, 2020 | Journal writing, Writing and Sharing Memories
Why August writing prompts? August is a great time to free-write. It’s a time of year that beckons to our emotional undersides. There’s a bitter sweetness to August here in the northern hemisphere. It’s still summer—flowers blooming, birds chirping, lightning bugs...
by Laura Hedgecock | Jul 29, 2020 | Journal writing, Memories, Writing and Sharing Memories
Your travel memories can contain your witness to history, your family’s dynamics, and social context of the places you visit. The mementos you collect as you travel will mean so much more if there are stories to go along with them. Even beautiful postcards, unless...
by Laura Hedgecock | May 22, 2020 | Journal writing, Scrapbooking, Storytelling
If you’re not a writer, you might prefer to document recent events by scrapbooking about your pandemic experience. Last month we looked at Why You Should Start a COVID-19 Journal and What to Include. This month we’ll look at how you can accomplish this through...
by Laura Hedgecock | Apr 21, 2020 | How-to, Journal writing, Writing and Sharing Memories
Have you started a Covid-19 journal or accumulating your quarantine memories? Here are some reasons you should as well as what you might include. Historians Will Look Back at this Pandemic Have you noticed how many times the word “unprecedented” has been used in the...
by Laura Hedgecock | Jan 14, 2020 | Journal writing, Writing and Sharing Memories
Whether it was through a hi-def ultrasound our looking down at the child in your arms, you never forget the first time you saw your child. That moment is an integral part of becoming family or enlarging the family unit. This can be especially poignant if it marked...
by Laura Hedgecock | Dec 5, 2019 | Family History, How-to, Journal writing, Memories, Writing Advice
With Advent, St. Nicholas Day, Winter Solstice, Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years, and more (Oh My!), December can be busy. Hopefully the following holiday writing prompts can facilitate a couple of storytelling sessions for you and your loved ones. Prompts for...
