tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post2468715406817654851..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Someone Else's Life--On (My) MemoirBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-89436899896976265292012-03-01T12:33:39.962-06:002012-03-01T12:33:39.962-06:00Les--trying to bring back the socks. I wonder if t...Les--trying to bring back the socks. I wonder if these homes are like Sears homes, since there seem to be so many? Everywhere.<br />RB--See, isn't that neat? I want some great grandkid to discover something neat about me, hopefully in the library! :)<br />LP--I think folklore is, by it's very nature, both true and false. It's like myth--based in fact, but made moral by fiction. <br />Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-89062872614758656912012-02-29T08:14:43.626-06:002012-02-29T08:14:43.626-06:00Benjamin....i haven't read this post yet but I...Benjamin....i haven't read this post yet but I believe last time you talked about like quiet surroundings etc. Have seen the latest TIME..here is a link..http://www.brianrlittle.com/whats-new/brian-little-in-time-magazine/Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-16001838929012836002012-02-29T08:10:01.026-06:002012-02-29T08:10:01.026-06:00I've been doing genealogy and family history f...I've been doing genealogy and family history for 20 years. In the process, I've found a lot of family lore that wasn't true and had to do hours of research to prove it wrong. So I guess all the little things do matter. I enjoy finding the roots of myself and my children. Sad to say, I'm totally not a writer, but I still enjoy finding all the little details hoping some day my laveta'splacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574226638011827352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-46919669263499726042012-02-28T22:51:38.152-06:002012-02-28T22:51:38.152-06:00I think it's okay to be the "voice" ...I think it's okay to be the "voice" of your family. I had something similiar happen back in January.(I also did the same you did....put pics and newspaper clippings somewhere and forgot where I put them!!). Somehow you to merge your thoughts, their thoughts, the known facts and tie them together in a cohesive narrative. As long as you site your sources, you are just fine. I Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-23029942908431604162012-02-28T19:59:39.516-06:002012-02-28T19:59:39.516-06:00The house is seriously similar to many on the East...The house is seriously similar to many on the Eastern Shore of Va. Most were built around the turn of the last century for farm families with lots of children. Quite a few are still being lived in and are well cared for, but many look to be about in the same state of repair as the one you have pictured. <br /><br />(BTW, love the tube socks)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-27963926978728228192012-02-28T18:05:40.016-06:002012-02-28T18:05:40.016-06:00I think I've been looking to try to figure out...I think I've been looking to try to figure out why I'm who I am, why my family acts the way it does, and (to some extent) why I've made the choices I have over the years. Truthfully, 3 years of counseling has helped tremendously - and given me a framework to understand myself and my family better. But the family history research has helped, as well, forming a synergy to deepen my Gaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-64300058945673142962012-02-28T16:41:12.256-06:002012-02-28T16:41:12.256-06:00Gaia--I suppose living other lives can help you li...Gaia--I suppose living other lives can help you live your own better. And we leave so little of us behind that might matter, and you never know how one thing might matter generations down the road--I'm so thankful for the small artifacts I have now, so I can try to peace together my family, a state, a region, a country. I will be writing this--I was to start today, but life intervened. Soon, Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-39193223885800337922012-02-28T16:28:57.490-06:002012-02-28T16:28:57.490-06:00I haven't written a memoir, but I'm the of...I haven't written a memoir, but I'm the official "family historian" for both my family and my husband's family. As such, I am the recipient of all sorts of flotsam and jetsam...which is beginning to feel like a heavy burden, as I try to organize it, preserve it, and make sense of it. <br /><br />Recently I've been questioning myself as to WHY this has been so importantGaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-49201974060440203362012-02-28T16:01:04.546-06:002012-02-28T16:01:04.546-06:00Kathryn--oh no, geeze, I will always tell the read...Kathryn--oh no, geeze, I will always tell the reader when it's certain truth and personal truth. I believe in the nonfiction writer's code of conduct, and the contract with the reader we inherently make. Poets take license, fiction writers take license, and essayists take risk to their person.<br />Dawn--Me too! I was in agony yesterday!Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31364094697819497882012-02-28T14:56:21.947-06:002012-02-28T14:56:21.947-06:00Love the photo! So glad you found it!Love the photo! So glad you found it!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804215782785482027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-28145011590167203422012-02-28T13:43:36.998-06:002012-02-28T13:43:36.998-06:00As someone who has written a (sort of) memoir AND ...As someone who has written a (sort of) memoir AND researched my family for two decades, I think they are different processes. I think it's OK to take license, but one must say so. So, I guess I'm saying it DOES "matter anymore." You are the voice of your family. You may find ultimately you want to honor both processes, or not. But the memoir needs to make clear (IMHO) that it isKathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.comnoreply@blogger.com