About the work

A closer look.

You tell me one thing someone in your family said. I keep it, then write it back to you as one plain page in their own words (not a summary), with the names, places and odd details left in. Then the part nobody else does: a short return note telling you one kept detail, the one moment to bring it back (a birthday, an anniversary, a season, the next time you see them) and the exact words to say. Before you pay, I show you one line I kept from your own telling, so you can see it is theirs and not mine. The first look is free. The kept version is $25. Send as much or as little as you want. A short telling gets a short page; I will not pad it.