Memories are made of this
What makes a memory? If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I believe that photographs are physical memories, which is why they are so important in our lives. Our memory is fallible; what we remember is colored by our later experiences and may not be at all accurate. When you gather for the holidays, do you get into a contest with family over what year you went to Disney or who was present at a family event? A photograph can help to "prove a point" but, even better, it can spark a cascade of memories and "do you remembers". While my husband and I were in New Zealand, with the cat boarded away from home, some field mice decided that our basement was a nice, warm place to live. So far, we have killed five and my husband had located the entry point and neutralized it! The battle continues, but all this has triggered a storm of cleaning. We are going through the basement and opening boxes that have been there untouched for thirty years! Among t
