by Laura Hedgecock | Dec 16, 2020 | Family History, How-to, Traditions
With a plethora of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Christian Orthodox celebrations happening this time a year, it’s a great time to share family holiday traditions. Sharing Food Traditions Last week, GenFriends’ YouTube show featured holiday food...
by Laura Hedgecock | Dec 20, 2017 | Journal writing, Traditions, Writing and Sharing Memories
An invitation was issued by LindaRae Palmer, aka the footnote Maven, to join in her annual tradition of Blog Caroling. Blog Caroling is simply “posting the lyrics, youtube video, etc. of your favorite Christmas carol on your blog.” Thanks for the invite...
by Laura Hedgecock | Oct 17, 2017 | Memories, Journal writing, Storytelling, Traditions, Writing and Sharing Memories
Here in the USA, there’s a lot of talk about patriotism, but seldom in the form of stories. We proclaim our fierce love of country without explaining what patriotism means to us. Without telling the backstory. If you’re starting to suspect this is a political or...
by Laura Hedgecock | Feb 21, 2017 | Family History, Storytelling, Traditions
A keynote speaker at RootsTech’s first-ever African Heritage Day, LeVar Burton taught us about storytelling and reaching hearts and minds. By the end, he also had us all reaching for tissues. This isn’t another report on my fabulous time at the RootsTech...
by Laura Hedgecock | Dec 1, 2016 | Memories, How-to, Traditions, Writing Advice
Genealogists resources are helpful for any writer describing episodes of the past. Before you yell, “BAHHHH Research” and run (or click) away, stay with me (or check out Do Memoir and Research Belong Together? and come back). This list of genealogy resources for...
by Laura Hedgecock | Jan 8, 2016 | How-to, Traditions, Writing and Sharing Memories
Holidays make a great time to share stories and a year end letter is a great way to connect with loved ones. In addition, holiday letters can connect us and express our bonds. There’s something about that calendar page turning over, the new digit on the end of the...
