Ancestors

Ancestors

We can honor the soul by nurturing our relationships with the dead, whether by visiting  and decorating their graves, by praying for them when their memories drift into mind, by naming our children after them, by preserving and using objects they left behind, or by telling their stories and keeping photographs and paintings of them within sight.

Our ancestors give us something irreplaceable and precious in their relationship to us. They are truly our links with the eternal, and it is no wonder that many religions place emphasis on honoring them. We can learn from these rituals and practices to honor our own ancestors and our departed relatives and friends.

(Thomas Moore, Soul Mates, p. 202-3)

10 January 2016

The Tuttles with A.J. Lee Brittany Haas, A Few Old Memories by Hazel D...

Molly Tuttle singing lead on this wonderful Hazel Dickens song.

I've listened to the James King version many times over the years.

Today was the first time I heard Molly Tuttle sing it.



Dick Henthorn

18 September 2015

Memories of the Olden Days

Before they are allowed to collect social security, every parent and grandparent alive should be required to sit down with their children and record their memories of the olden days. The tapes should be played at every birthday--the tribal storytellers telling the stories of their family's earlier days so that a child can have a family memory. (Lewis B. Smedes, A Pretty Good Person, p.104) 10 February 2013

In Andalusia, Searching for Inherited Memories - NYTimes.com

In Andalusia, Searching for Inherited Memories - NYTimes.com:

I enjoyed reading this piece.  At the end there's a citation to a book the author wrote on the subject.  That might be an interesting read.

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