Share your skin story. No winning or losing here, no pressure to share, no need to rehearse, just show us your skin & tell us its tale in 3min or less. Many of us are physically changed. Some by our own design (to commemorate that new found love; to forget that painful break-up; to show ... Read more

In honor of National Postal Workers Day 2020, we're spending the afternoon sharing correspondence stuff & stories. Do you hold on to letters, postcards & thank you notes? Yours or perhaps the ones you found in a trunk or suitcase? WWI/II letters home? Love letters between your parents while they were both serving during the ... Read more

Bring your tickets, caps, autographed photos, baseballs, trading cards, competition numbers, old running shoes, medals, trophies, certificates etc etc... all things sports & share the stories. Celebrating National Ampersand Day too🎉

Remember that concert? You know, the one where you wrestled that dude over a drumstick thrown into the crowd? What’s the story behind the electric guitar in your storage unit with the Rolling Stones sticker on it? I love that one about how you learned how to play the musical saw from that lady in ... Read more

I'm over the moon to be participating in this years celebration of New York Archives Week 2020! What did you save from your time in quarantine? What are you saving still? Museums & Historical Societies want your pandemic stuff and stories. We are ALWAYS living history but now more than ever we KNOW it and ... Read more

We don’t like to think about it, or perhaps we do, but death is an integral part of life and should be honored through story-sharing. Did you preserve the frog you dissected in high school in a jar, much to your mother’s dismay?  Or did you save your only child’s very first baby tooth?  Or ... Read more

Bring a piece of jewelry that has a story… and don’t they all? Why is it important to you?… It can be as simple as you bought it while on a memorable vacation. Or your great grandmother got a pin as a gift from her father. Or the ring your favorite Aunt Kathy gave to ... Read more

Bring an object or photo and share your, your loved ones or ancestors love story with these big eyed, big boned wonders or the My Little Pony® variety. Show & Tell or Look & Listen! Did you ride horses in your youth? Do you still? Did you grow up on a farm & muck out ... Read more

In this life there are SO many ways to #RESIST. Do/did you, a friend, a lover or an ancestor keep mementos from those activist experiences? Do you or a friend/ancestor use art to lend support to a cause near and dear to your/their heart? How are you documenting your time during the pandemic? Pink pussy ... Read more

Come one, come all to an evening of travel-tales and wanderlust. Do you save postcards, room keys, plane tickets or other souvenirs from your travels? Bring them to “show & tell” and share its (YOUR) story. Of course you won't be forced to show & tell. You are always welcome to look & listen. Are ... Read more

Let’s face it, most of our homes are full of personal belongings including photos, documents, and memorabilia. But have you ever stopped to think whether you or your family members know the stories behind these things? Join me & my friends from Novel Excursions on this journey of discovery buried in plain sight within & ... Read more