I am on my way to see my darling aunt ingalill after not seeing her for three years. I love her dearly and cannot wait to hug her and kiss her..
LIFE VIDEOS AND WRITTEN STORIES
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This blog hosts short Life Travel stories in video and written form.
A Senior year prom is an important event for a girl about to graduate from high school. It is a long-running American tradition. A lot of pomp and circumstance.
My Winding Road to HDR. I work on travel films/videos targeted to on-line viewing. This particular form, with its landscape and architectural shots, can benefit greatly from HDR technology. I [...]
I remember my teens as a sequence of summers. The rest of the seasons at first shrunk and then vanished from memory. It seems that every day was bright and full of things happening around me.
Once upon a time, there lived a girl and her Golden. They were the best of friends and the girl always started and ended her day with a hug and a kiss for her Golden.
Story about a French gourmet chef serving fast food to Americans in Senegal, Africa.
The rocking chair in which I sit, creaks every time I move. It’s old like myself, and therefore it’s not surprising that its worn runners complain at the sudden movements. “Creak, creak” it [...]
I danced with my daughter almost from the time she was born. We danced at the father and daughter dance and at Christmas. And as she keeps growing, we will always be there with our love to [...]
It is said that a person must have faith to live. A faith that gives her the power and strength to sustain this life, this gift, which she has responsibility for.
The children towered over the local people and they huddled together, holding on to their small suitcases. Around them Bangkok airport bustled, people shoving, pushing, elbowing and screaming [...]
He was 22 then. When you read the note, it is tough to imagine how he did it and survived. “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
The trees lined up, erect and stately, like soldiers in perfect formation, in their gold, green and red finest. Garlands sparkled, reminiscent of golden sashes across deep-green chests. [...]
It’s now day four after we stopped the medicinet. I can sit in a chair. Last night I could shower. Yes, it hurt but at least I could do it. I'm going to the prom! For sure!.
I remember Ray Charles' signature song "Georgia on My Mind" first played on reel-to-reel tape machine when I was a child. Later I had the pleasure to hear it in person at the Mountain Winery [...]
In July of 2011 we packed the boxes, loaded them and my wife’s car on the movers' trailers and then the four of us, including our youngest daughter and golden retriever, got in our SUV and [...]
Our daughter singing "If We Hold On Together." It was one of those moments. unstaged, spontaneous child's expression. We never forget these!
In middle school our daughter was running for Spirit Commissioner and rehearsed for the school video.
It is about a childhood. We all have fun memories spending time with our parents and family: playing ball with the father or maybe going camping with the whole family. Mine, is helping my [...]
Every summer I get my sisters together to cook my favorite dish: “Vareniki (Ravioli) with Cherries.” It is a fabulous pasta-dessert, served cold, and was my childhood’s special delight.
This post describes my experience making our family video biography. I started with a bunch of photos and home movies and ended up with a professionally done documentary about an ordinary [...]
In my first posts, part 1 & 2, I described how I created my family video biography and arrived at the finished film, but omitted the technical details. This last part fills the gap.
In my first post, part 1, I described the start of creating my family video biography. The result did not feel wright – it felt like a home movie. What is the secret sauce? It is the STORY!
Inevitably, your favorite uncle, who you want to interview for your family Life Travel video - documentary, says: “I would like you to do it in my favorite garden (veranda/beach).” Use all [...]
Family Stories bring the memories of the evolution of a family, and the recollections of each member, into vivid color and sound. It follows each sub-story of the family history.
