A Brief Chat in the Livestream with Lori Olson White @Hometownwriter

Thank you

Lori Olson White

,

Lynda Heines

,

Shell Norman

,

Tyler Loiselle

, and so many others for tuning into my live video with

Lori Olson White

! Join me for my next live video in the app — OR now in your web browser.

Though the sessions are only available as they happen to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You can access the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.

Since these recordings can be viewed and shared with anyone, I always try to include useful links so that others follow along with the resources we mentioned.

Schedule references

First, our highlighted programs during the week:

Thursday, 13-February

For starters, you won’t want to miss the program on Thursday, 13 February, in our Atlantic time window, “Howard & Elvira: Love and the German Chocolate Cake.” It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day love story.

Learn more and register here in our calendar post.

Tuesday, 11-February

Since I’m a part of both publications, I also get to talk about Tuesday’s Atlantic gathering of MissionGenealogy, the welcome wagon for genealogists here on Substack. These monthly programs are part of my collaboration with

Robin Stewart

you’ll know from her extraordinary GenStack newsletter and include a brief “Office Hours”-style presentation of topics that can help users get the most out of the platform, as well as informal roundtable discussions. Only the office hours portion of the program is recorded. You can find the full collection here. This week, we’ll discuss using video on Substack. 

Next, we have a program that’s special to me, but external to our

Projectkin Community Forum

.

Saturday, 15-February

I’m giving a talk for the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society about how a cabinet card took me (virtually) into my family history in Indiana. I call it “Riding a Cabinet Card into Indiana's Historic Past.” Again, it’s free. When you register for the Zoom link, you’ll join their community for their monthly meeting. 

NEXT SUNDAY Projectkin LIVE session:

I’m excited to announce a very special guest at next Sunday’s Projectkin Live session:

DearMYRTLE

herself of the Dear Myrtle’s Archive on YouTube. She was gracious enough to invite me to participate in her Monday’s with Myrt program on Monday, Feb 17th, so how could I not make that the feature? To learn more, visit her at DearMyrtle.com. I feel like I should bring a gift. 🥰

Serious conversation

You’ll have to watch the video to feel the joy and passion of the moment, but during our conversation,

Lori Olson White

mentioned a psychologist she’d interviewed at one point who had talked about the importance of shared storytelling… oh, that led to a deeper conversation about those moments in stories and stories in objects. The psychology term, “Elaborative Storytelling” leads to a treasure-trove of articles, for example:

• “Growing Memories: Coaching mothers in elaborative reminiscing with toddlers benefits adolescents' turning-point narratives and wellbeing.”

Feel free to discuss in the comments. I’m sure many of our readers will be interested in this fascinating area.

Was viewing from a browser or desktop app a good experience for you? I’d love your thoughts, drop me a note in chat 👇.

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Again, it was a thrill to see so many of you joining in on the live stream. That’s really the secret to the joy of coming together as a community. I hope you can join us for these coming programs this week. If you can’t, you tune back in for the recordings and we’ll share as much as we can in the notes.

Till next time, enjoy your Superbowl, puppy bowl, the snacks — and the commercials. 👋