MAKE HISTORY
– HISTORY IS A STORY SO WHY NOT BE PART OF IT?
Where to start?
Make a statement such as “I represent my ancestors” and then
tell a bit about them before getting to you.
Write your own obituary.
Use a historical timeline such as: “I was born just before
Pearl Harbor was bombed”. “I grew up
loving Elvis” or “for a kid who was born before television isn’t it remarkable
to have Google? ”
Include any special family sayings. My grandmother always said, “A cat can eat a
grind stone one nibble at a time.”
Collect family memorabilia and include it. Pictures are very important.
As you write a theme will come to mind that will give you a
title.
Lulu has stock covers that you can customize or if you are
adventurous do your own art work.
Both suggested methods of publishing are free. You can use Lulu.com or publish a blog. The
blog can be made into printed material or simply exist in the ether.
Go to Lulu.com and watch the Demo. Type Woodrough into the search box to see
what I’ve written or helped publish. All
of the covers are my own design, but you can use Lulu.com templates.
The easiest way to make a blog for yourself is to go to mine
chihuahuasforchange.blogspot.com and
in the upper right you will see “make new blog” Click on that and you will be
asked to make an account. Follow the
bouncing ball. Be sure to note the URL
of you blog so you can get back to it.
If you get stuck, give me a call and I’ll walk you through
it. Margot 898-9003.
Here’s my favorite quote – you may want to use it as a jumping
off place for your story.
"My character or nature is made up of
infinite particles of inherited tendencies from my ancestors – a little seed of
laziness came from this grandfather, some remote grandmother has stamped me
with a fear of dogs and a love of horses; there may be in me a bit of outlawry
from a pirate forefather, and a dash of piety from one who was a saint. My
so-called particularities, my gestures, my ways and manners, I borrow them all,
without exceptions. So everything in me passes on through my children. I am
sewn between ancestry and posterity."
Oliver Wendall Holmes
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