Look & listen as my guest Rosemary (Rosie) Grant, of TikTok fame @ghostly.archives, tells the story of a pandemic inspired baking interest, a library science project and an internship at Congressional Cemetery through the Thing that matters: a vintage aluminum cookie press. Her first stop was Historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn NY, where she found … Read more
Look & listen as storyographer Kathy Stone shares her personal, family, military & a country’s history through the story of a ship in a bottle. This object has been in her family for as long as she can remember. It fascinated her as a young child. How could they possibly get the ship into the … Read more
Listen as my guest Heather Markel shares the stories of her travel souvenirs. As a digital nomad, Heather, like many of us, has to be more aware of what souvenirs she buys and keeps. I connected with her through a mutual nomad who shared Heather’s TEDx talk The benefits of living nomadically. Watch it here: … Read more
Listen as Robin shares her artist journey through her mother’s own peasant journey artwork and a self portrait. Though her mother wasn’t a good mom, she gave Robin the greatest gift of all … that of becoming an artist herself. Her mother’s own desire and determination to get away from her dirt poor roots and … Read more
What perfect timing to launch this episode into the world. I first met Alejandro 2 years ago when he and his collaborators offered a New Year’s workshop via LinkedIn and I fell in love with this beautiful human. Look & listen as Alejandro shares his passion for learning all about life & business through a … Read more
Look & listen as my guest Maureen Taylor aka The Photo Detective shares the story of a picture of her great grandmother. Just as Maureen invites her clients to tell her the stories they know about the photos she investigates, she is forever fascinated with why her clients pick certain photos. She knows many of … Read more
Look & listen as my guest Rodney shares the story of his signed baseball. One of my first interactions with Rodney was when he walked past his Mom’s office computer, looked over her shoulder and asked, “Mom are you really doing show and tell?” His Mom is my techie and digital strategist Nicole Richardson. If … Read more
Look & listen as filmmaker Sky Bergman shares her love for/with her grandmother through the story of her grandmother’s wooden spoon. She feels her grandmother’s juju every time she uses it. Her grandmother was a great cook, and like many great cooks never wrote a recipe down. After spending so much connection building time in … Read more
Look as my guests show an object from a loved one who has passed away. This Thing helps them keep the memories of this special person alive in their present life. Listen to the stories these objects hold… many of them were touched by the one who died. Watch & listen as each guest lights … Read more
Watch & listen as my friend, former editor of LIFE magazine, confesses his younger self’s adventurous spirit when he & his best friend Fred hitchhiked (a lot) around East Germany, when it was behind the wall. They knew they needed to leave the area but had no idea where they wanted to go. So Fred, … Read more