Time to tell your stories

It is time to start telling our story again. We are done with slacking off and want to chat with you again. We want to share what we are thinking about graphics, different products, and how to use the things that we can provide.

Now is a perfect time to start thinking about telling your stories. The weather is changing, School has started. It is the time of new beginnings. We are craving a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils.

I hope we all remember a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils from the movie "You've Got Mail." That is one of our favorites!

Tell your stories! That is what I am thinking. I want, not only to tell my stories, but to get you to tell your stories. We all have them. Let’s not lose them to the mists of time.  Some are better than others, but they all deserve to be told. Many people will tell me that they don’t remember.  Start and you will be surprised what comes up.

There are many great tools for caring for your information and telling your story. I intend to provide options, but not rules. You do what works for you.

One of the most important books that I have read is Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. There are two things that have stuck with me from that book. 

1. Make a date with yourself once a week. Do something alone that feeds your soul, whether it be watching a movie or going to a fabric or hardware store and just browse.
2. Every morning, or as many as you can muster, while still in the twilight of sleep write 3 pages stream of consciousness. These pages are not meant for any other eyes. You may find golden nuggets that you want to keep, your may want to keep it all, or you  may just shred it. There are no rules about that part. What I found happens is that things emerge about half way through that I never had an inking were there. There are always revelations.

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What are the stories that you want others to know? Start by jotting down your memories whenever you think of them. One way to bring those memories to the front of your mind is to think about the foods that you love and who made them for you and where. Another great memory jogger is music. Put on music of your chosen era and see what memories appear. It is rather amazing what comes forward. Just write them down before they fade back whence they came.

What primary source material do you have? Start pulling together the things that will help you tell the stories.

Do you have letters? Do you have photographs that fill out your story? How about those hand-written recipe books?

Lots of people will say to me that they have nothing to say. That cannot be true. 

Think of what you wish your great grandmother had left for you and make sure you leave that.