The Art of Remembering through Words and Paint
There is something reassuring and deeply comforting about capturing a person’s life in words and pictures. It is best done with the involvement of the Storyteller themselves – telling their story, in their own words, sharing their reflections and perspective on what has gone before them. This is what we do at The Memory Shed. […]
The Power of a Book and a Collective Voice
Until two years ago, I had never heard of the conditions of pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. They are peculiar conditions whereby a person’s sternum either sinks inwards (excavatum) or grows outwards like a pigeon’s chest (carinatum). It had completely slipped my mind that when interviewing my father for his own life story a […]
Sheds are Special Places
My first encounter with a shed would have been the rickety structure that stood like a crooked old man in the corner of my grandparents’ backyard. It was a place of intrigue for a four year old. Tainted with a musty smell that was the by-product of rusty old tins full of diesel oil, paint, […]
Hear the Joy in Life
I first noticed early hearing loss in 2019. Conversations were becoming more muffled. I caught myself asking people to repeat themselves. The kids noticed that I wouldn’t join in family film nights as often, choosing instead to read a paper in the same room or scroll on my phone. This was easier than straining to […]
