Life Story Links: February 18, 2025

Dawn Roode’s curated roundup for February 18, 2025, includes a plethora of stories of interest to legacy keepers, plus some poignant and fun short takes.

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The best sentimental gifts for any occasion—at any price

Dawn Roode has hand-picked 18 memory-keeping gifts to celebrate your loved ones on any occasion. Whether you splurge or save, give them something to treasure.

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Life Story Links: February 4, 2025

This week’s curated roundup has plenty of recent stories of interest to family historians, personal biographers, memoirists, and memory-keepers of all kinds.

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“People still buy handmade shoes.”

As AI gets better and more accessible, will there still be a need for in-person story sharing services offered by personal biographers and historians? Yes!

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Life Story Links: January 21, 2025

From upcoming memoirs of note to guidance on the craft of personal history, this week’s curated roundup is filled with reads of interest to family historians.

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Do you keep a writing ideas notebook?

Writer’s block can happen to the best of us. This simple idea—keeping a notebook of self-generated writing prompts—will keep your memoir ideas flowing.

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Life Story Links: January 7, 2025

Kick off 2025 with three weeks’ worth of goodies about family history, memoir, legacy preservation, and journaling curated by personal historian Dawn Roode.

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Missing a loved one this holiday season?

Dawn Roode offers up four suggestions for further reading (and listening) for anyone who, like her, is missing a friend or family member during the holidays.

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