Re: Everyone must be....

Apathy is all the more reason to keep up the good fight, Pam.

On Nov 8, 2007, at 5:04 PM, Pam Evans wrote:


Because I don't have to fool w/ it.  The way the world is headed, it'll
likely be uninhabitable in another 50 years anyway so it's just as well. I 
get discouraged fighting the good fight w/ apathy all around me.

On 11/8/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:


Why does that make you lucky?



Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm lucky I guess. Tom & I have no descendants, so the whole mess can be 
chucked. End of the line w/ us.

On 11/8/07, Daryl
wrote:


Auralie,

Sometimes it takes the wisdom of age before family members appreciate
family
history. While I've always been interested, my sister-in-law couldn't be 
bothered until she was in her 50's. She was the despair of her
grandmother,
who was DAR and just plain interested. Now, my SIL is the one ferreting 
out
information in out of the way places, and labeling all of the photos.
(Good
thing, since I don't know DH's family very well. )
On my Dad's side, my Aunt and Dad have extensive photo collections and 
still
exchange ideas/stories in their 90's. I've been privileged to listen in, since I'm the designated driver. My Aunt's oldest son, now pushing 70, 
has

just become interested, and he's scanning photos and making CDs from

them.


Don't give up, and please don't throw the stuff out.

d

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Subject: Re: [CHAT] Everyone must be....



I am progressing through this morass, but feeling more and more
that it's wasted effort. Several years ago I began to write an account of the family and my childhood, really thinking that my granddaughters 
should really know their family background. I have offered it to all

the

sons, but the only persons interested have been my middle son's
second wife and her daughters. These step-granddaughters are quite
interested since it describes a sort of life they had never even

thought

of. They are quite bright girls and I am very fond of them. None of

the

rest have even bothered to read it.
I haven't even begun to process the many boxes of slides, and I don't 
think I will. I will give my carousel of NYS Protected Plants, which

has

been the basis of an environmental lecture for some years, to the

State
Garden Club office. Beyond that, I don't see the point in keeping the others. Who looks at slides today? And I don't think it's worth paying 
to have them put onto tape, when probably noone would bother to look
at them. I used to enjoy photography, and was pretty good at it, but
at this point, I'm pretty frustrated.
Auralie


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