Today’s Link Roundup includes two video segments, The Letter From Iwo Jima and Being imperfect. Both are moving testaments to the power of remembrance. And for something practical be sure to check out Safely Storing Digital Photos.
The Letter From Iwo Jima: “A letter taken from a soldier killed in the battle of Iwo Jima is returned to his family.” ~ A New York Times Video [Thanks to Pat McNees for alerting me to this video]
I went fishing and hooked my lost family: “Peter Culver, 75, was cut off from his birth family after he was fostered at the age of five. He spent the next 70 years searching for eight lost brothers and sisters, before a chance meeting during a fishing trip changed his life forever. Here Peter, a grandfather from Beaminster in Dorset, reveals the story behind his emotional reunion…”
National Punctuation Day: 24-hour mark of our failure. “There’s no question that Canada urgently needs a federal Punctuation Improvement Program. The evidence can be found at the heart of our national life, in the logo of the only fast-food chain ever described as a Canadian icon by people who like to call things icons, the so-called Tim “Hortons.”
American Family Stories: “For the last five years storyteller and audiographer Joe McHugh has traveled around the United States meeting people and recording their family stories. These stories have been featured on public radio stations, NPR’s Morning Edition, and Voice of America. Here you can enjoy some of Joe’s favorite stories while viewing Paula McHugh’s illustrations.”
Bridging Gaps, Telling Stories: “Everybody’s got a story to tell. The idea for Cathie English’s three-year oral history project came after a co-worker’s centenarian grandmother passed away unexpectedly, taking her stories with her. Motivated by her coworker’s loss, Cathie started the Aurora High School Oral History Project.”
Being imperfect: “What makes our loved ones so precious to us? You probably jumped to all the good and impressive things first. And that’s fine. But what about those little quirks? What about those sometimes annoying habits? Maybe their imperfections are just as important.”
Safely Storing Digital Photos: “It’s important to keep copies of your digital photos in different places in case a disaster destroys one set of images.”
Photo by fdecomit
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