You can insure your family photos

You can insure your family photos

What is your favorite photograph? Close your eyes and think hard about what it looks like. Who is in it? What is happening? Is it an event you experienced or a favorite picture from your parents’ life? Is it an achievement of your child? Is it your favorite pet? Do...
A Love Letter to the Past

A Love Letter to the Past

Because I’m often late to find out about the very coolest projects out there, you may have heard of Dear Photograph long before I did. Dear Photograph, My parents still live in the same house where, as a young boy, I posed for a photo with my mom on the front steps....
What the heck is a legacy contact anyway

What the heck is a legacy contact anyway

This week Facebook announced that users can now designate a legacy contact—an authorized user who can access your account and carry out your wishes with your profile after your death. Is this nonsense or a peek at the future?   Unfortunately it seems that many...
Always after Tampa’s booty

Always after Tampa’s booty

So, I have a confession. I’ve lived in the Tampa area my entire life and have never gone to a Gasparilla parade. To be honest, I’d rather look at the pictures from the parade’s history. Jose Gaspar pirate ship at the Gasparilla festival – Tampa, Florida, 1947, State...
Seeing Things

Seeing Things

Have you ever heard the word pareidolia? Even if you haven’t, I can guarantee you’ve experienced it. Pareidolia is the term for seeing faces in inanimate objects. Of course there are scientific studies of why we humans see faces everywhere. We may think it’s obvious...
More Storage More Problems

More Storage More Problems

Many of us start off the new year with resolutions to improve a part of our life. Last year, the second most popular resolution was to get organized! Organizing the parts of our homes we can see is only part of the challenge. As more of our correspondence, photos, and...