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Mar 9, 2010, Storytellers in Santa Fe

I was in Santa Fe over the weekend. The "City Different" (as it is known to many of us) has been celebrating 400 years. On Sunday I happened to pick up a copy of the local newspaper, The Santa fe New Mexican, and discovered a front-page story about a diverse group who share stories of Santa Fe in a face to face manner. Among them are longtime storytellers Nasario Garcia, Mary Ellen Gonzales, Eva Torees Aschenbrener and Joe Hayes.

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Mar 4, 2010, Happy National Grammar Day!

Thanks to fellow APH member Pat McNee (and current president of the Association of Personal Historians) for the reminder that today, March 4, is National Grammar Day. Are you "dotting your i's and crossing the t's" of your writing, etc? We can get caught up in grammar mistakes, but don't let that slow you down from the main point of your life story writing - the content! Yes, good grammar is important, but you can fix that in the re-writing.

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Mar 3, 2010, New TV Series explores who you are

The idea of discovering who you are by researching your family history is an old one, but surprisingly it is still an idea that has not completely caught on. In other words, saving your personal history is still a growing trend.

This trend is about to get a great boost with a new television series on NBC that explores the family roots and history of several celebrities. Who Do You Think You Are? premieres on Friday, March 5th. The series follows the journeys into the past and life history of seven well-known celebrities, among them Sarah Jessica Parker (actress), Spike Lee (filmmaker), Emmitt Smith (football great) and Lisa Kudrow (actress and the executive producer of this series).

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Mar 1, 2010, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Blog Archives, February, 2010

An archive of previous My Life Story blog entries from February, 2010 regarding personal history, life story writing and more.

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Mar 1, 2010, A Glowing Report for Vancouver's "With Glowing Hearts" Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver, Canada has wrapped up. Lots of great sports moments. The spirit of International competition at the games often makes me think about our world. We have great diversity in our cultures and countries. But we all have in common the fact that we have the stories of our lives. It was pretty exciting to have the USA battling Canada for the gold medal in hockey. The host country came out on top. Canada also set an olympic record for the most gold medals by one country in a winter olympics. Congratulations to the "Great White North"!

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Feb 17, 2010, Steve Jobs Biography in the Making

Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple, is one of shining stars of Silicon Valley and certainly influential in so many ways to the state of our technology. You know the line of products: Mac computers, iPod, iTunes, iPhone and now the iPad. Lots of "i" stuff.

What can we expect from his bio? Jobs is collaborating with Walter Isaacson, the writer known for his biographies, Einstein: His Life and Universe and Benjamin Franklin: An American Life.

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Feb 15, 2010, Reflecting on Presidents

Today is the observance of the Presidents Day holiday in the United States. This holiday's original intention was the commemoration of George Washington's birthday(22nd), but since Abraham Lincoln was also born in February (the 12th), it's become recognition of these two great former Commanders in Chief. The "highest office of the land" in this country has been rife with history and controversy.

In my lifetime there's now been eleven presidents. What impact have the presidents had on you? How has your personal history intersected with the nation's? These might be some good things to journal on.

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Feb 4, 2010, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Writing Blog

My Life Story blog entries regarding personal history, life story writing and more.

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Feb 2, 2010, Your-Life-Your-Story - My Life Story Blog Archives, January, 2010

An archive of previous My Life Story blog entries from January, 2010 regarding personal history, life story writing and more.

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Jan 31, 2010, Personal History Passion

Your past, including the history of your parents, grandparentsand the rest of the family tree is a rich sourcewaiting to be discovered. If you don’t already know thestories that make up your family history you are missing out on a vitalpart of your story.

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