Tag: memoir
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Boxes for storing and preserving the treasures of your personal history
A box and bag lady I’m a box and bag addict. For all my adult life I’ve been unable to throw away any halfway attractive shopping bag, or any kind of box that might be used to store something in someday. Upon conceiving the idea to start a business called Personal Chapters to capture people’s…
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Lost and found: My second cousin, once or twice removed
As a journalist and writer, I’ve often harshly accused myself of never having an original thought. I spent 30 years writing and re-telling the thoughts or actions of others. In the midst of that career, I often adopted the causes of my interview subjects as my own, subtly using my journalistic and writing training to…
