By Susan Pierotti Christmas is usually a time when families celebrate and interact. Kids’ joyful squeals of delight when they unwrap that longed-for present, adults enjoying a glass (or two) of champagne, grandma sitting in a corner smiling… Ah, there’s a thought – what do you buy Grandma for Christmas? She’s got plenty of soap […]
Often memoir writers and videographers get asked what’s different about what we do and what StoryWorth does. There is a world of difference. What you get with online memoir programs StoryWorth is an online program that emails questions such as ‘What was your favourite piece of music when you were a teenager? or ‘What did […]
By Sally-Anne Watson Kane All who attended the Life Stories Australia (LSA) Conference 2022 agree that it was an enormous success. LSA members who attended the all-day conference on Friday 2 December 2022 were treated to an entertaining and insightful day of presentations and discussions about topics related to documenting and preserving life stories. Jacqueline […]
My father was ninety-one years old when he died recently, far outliving his father and grandfather who died well before they reached their sixties. Dad was a doctor, a kind, caring man who was available for every patient day and night. He sat with them in their sorrows and rejoiced with them at weddings and […]
My mother died last year. We had a ‘Covid’ funeral with only ten family members in the room. Everyone else Zoomed in. While tackling the cremation arrangements, we had to write something about her to read out at the funeral service. My sister and brother stepped up and wrote two brilliant speeches which included stories […]
How many times have you attended a funeral and thought “I didn’t know that about them!” When we look at life stories, we often only know facets of a person from everyday interactions and conversations, or through sharing a special event. But there is always a lot more to each and every person we meet, […]
Australia’s Father’s Day celebrations this year will be a little different because of COVID-19 lockdowns around the nation. Instead of picnics, barbeques, and trips to the beach, many dads will celebrate on their own or use Zoom, Facetime, or a myriad of other devices to connect with their loved ones. There are 4.6 million dads […]
One of the hardest jobs you’ll face as you survey your family history research is selecting what material to use.
From childhood story teller to documenting the horrors of occupation, Sally-Anne Watson Kane covers a breadth of topics in her writing.
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