Our connection to our past, in whatever form, is what reminds us of
where we came from and who we really are. Seeing some of it in an old
telephone book or an old photograph just makes that come alive. It
makes it more than two dimensional.
Shelley
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> What prompts us to look up numbers that no longer work
> which once belonged to people long gone whom we can
> no longer call?
>
> We do not look for the telephone numbers, but for the addresses
> of ancestors, relatives and friends. Sometimes in order
> to verify information, but most of the time, in order to help us
> imagine or remember streets and buildings, which sometimes
> are still preserved.
>
> We read books and watch movies about past events and locations,
> why not try to learn and imagine our own past and that of our ancestors?
>
> Mimi
>
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