Category Archives: Memory

Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

My aunt has Alzheimer’s Disease. Both my parents died young, and when I see my aunt fade away, I know I’m losing one of my few remaining connections to my parents and their generation. During one visit with my aunt … Continue reading →

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Photojojo’s Photo Time Capsule

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Photojojo has a great service for Flickr users — you sign up, authorize access to your Flickr account, and twice a month they send an e-mail message with a few of your photographs from a year earlier. The selection apparently … Continue reading →

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Polaroid Memories

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Instant Karma — “Before Polaroid fades into history, let’s remember how influential — and cool — the art of the snapshot, and the cameras themselves, could be” [Mark Feeney, Boston Globe : March 16, 2008] Polaroid announced last month that … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sputnik

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Elizabeth Thomsen

“History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball… and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. … Continue reading →

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