Our Wells Runs Deep
One thing I've learned in this business is that no matter how much you think you know someone, you always have something new to learn if...
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Nora Walsh Kerr
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Leaving a Mark
At the close of our life story interviews, I like to ask big, reflective questions, which we spent hours working up to and can't be...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Whose Story Is It?
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Jul 5
- 3 min
What Makes a Memory?
What makes a memory? I think about this question a lot while helping people capture their life stories. Some clients seem to excel at it,...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Memoir = Meaning Making
"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” - Emily Dickinson At the surface, a memoir project brings to mind retelling facts of old, a...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- May 1
- 2 min
Speaking Vs. Storing
Sharing our personal history with someone else is equal parts thrilling and scary. Sometimes it takes some convincing of our loved ones...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Bridging Distances
Are you moving or separated by distance from family? You hope to visit often. You’ll call and write. But life often gets in the way of...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Tips for Life Story Excavation
Some people love to talk about themselves. We all know them! They have stories for days and love to have a willing audience. They hold...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Feb 1
- 2 min
How They Met
We work on a lot of husband-wife projects, couples who have been together for decades and have experienced the highs and lows that those...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Regrets and Resolutions
During this time of goal setting and resolution making, have you ever thought about what your ancestors wished they had done differently?...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Favorite Kid
Are you the favorite kid in your family? Families of all sizes bring unique dynamics. Birth order, number of siblings, age of parents,...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Capturing the Past is the Greatest Present
One of the few upsides to the global pandemic was this small business was busier than ever as families looked for new and unique ways to...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Honoring Our Memory Keepers
Do you ever look at a picture and think, who took that photo? As a personal historian myself, I'm naturally drawn to the people holding...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
Assuming People Know Your Story
I've encountered a lot of obstacles to capturing life stories, one of which is 'My family already knows everything.' Trust me, they...
Tiana Hughes
- Jul 2, 2022
- 2 min
Family Legends
By Tiana Hughes The Mexican Presidio as painted by Richard Beechey in 1826. Illustration courtesy of the Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Dakin...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- May 29, 2022
- 1 min
Dads Bring the Fun
After interviewing many different dads and grandfathers over the last few years about life, work, parenting and the juggle of making it...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Apr 30, 2022
- 2 min
Motherland
"A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness, he finds refuge in his...
Nikki Howard
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Making Up for Lost Time
by Nikki Howard Over the past year of working on client stories and seeing the photos they choose to incorporate into their projects has...
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Never Too Early
Most of our clients are in their 70s, 80s, or wiser, or as my golf-loving father would've described it, on the back 9 of their lives....
Nora Walsh Kerr
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Food for Thought
Chalk it up to my love for food, but one of my favorite interview questions is about childhood family meals. There is so much nostalgia...
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