Preserve Priceless Family Memories

Preserve Priceless Family Memories

I think everyone has a natural curiosity about who people are and what they were like before you knew them – especially their parents, grandparents and other family members.  From a young age, I loved looking through photo albums that told my family history.   In many...
Pass-the-Phone Game for Family Reunions

Pass-the-Phone Game for Family Reunions

Gordon Schmid, an APPO member based in Topeka, Kansas, is a clever guy. For starters, he’s earned two Master’s degrees.  Then he taught school for a number of years. Then he relied on his self-starter skills and launched several small businesses. In 2011, he formed...
Photo Tip Tuesday: Delete, Delete, Delete!

Photo Tip Tuesday: Delete, Delete, Delete!

  Don’t be a digital hoarder by keeping every single photo you take. Thanks to the immediacy of digital photography, it’s easy to capture every moment of our lives. And with inexpensive digital cameras everywhere, particularly your mobile phone, chances are...
A Simple Plan For Sharing Your Printed Photos

A Simple Plan For Sharing Your Printed Photos

A few years ago I took the time to sort and organize thousands of printed photos from our pre-digital days, that I rescued from our plastic bins. And now they are archived and safely stored, patiently waiting to be remembered and enjoyed. This quote reminded me once...