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A Minnesota man who found two overdue library books at a vacation cabin said he was willing to make a generous donation to cover the late fees and to relive some old memories. Jon Kramer was searching through the books at his deceased parent’s cabin when he found a camping book and a cookbook that had…

Good news for Facebook users. Developers have added a feature that allows a user to to get rid of bad memories, at least online. The feature allows a person to automatically block posts from their ex spouses. In addition, they can remove photos of former couples in happier times. God does more than delete…

It is highly unusual for anyone to remember anything from their childhood before age 4 and very few remembrances before age 7. For over 100 years Scientists have been asking why this is so. In a very interesting article Kristin Ohlson has written about why we don’t remember anything from those formative…

Some people have the ability to recall specific details about dates and events decades after they happened. Research has found that even people with exceptional memory abilities can be fooled by introducing false memories. A University of California team tested 20 super-memory people and 38 other people…

Ingeborg Sjöqvist is the world’s oldest living Olympian. She is 100-years-old. In her younger days she was a high-diver competing in the 1932 and the 1936 Olympics for her native Sweden. While she fondly remembers the events surrounding the Los Angeles Olympics, the high-diving itself is heartbreaking.…

PAST A snowstorm in Spain recently brought back memories of that nation's traumatic past. Last year the country removed giant stone letters spelling the slogan "Serve Spain to the Death." The stones on a hillside near a military academy were left over from the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco…

My Parents When I was ten, my parents could do no wrong, but by the time I was thirteen, they could do no right. Both perspectives were clouded and inaccurate. Like a pendulum swinging, the teenage perspective corrected the naive childish view. Today I'm able to evaluate my upbringing with greater clarity.…

Mother's Day Over the years, my mother has slowly given me some souvenirs from my childhood. Baseball cards, my first books, you know, the kind of things that I left behind when I was packing to go to college. Recently she gave me back some gifts I gave to her when I was younger, things like my senior…

My Favorite Christmas On the night before Christmas, I always regress to simpler times. The lights dancing off the Christmas tree ornaments hypnotize and lull me back into the innocence of childhood. Cynicism gives way to hope. Disappointment to dreams. Busyness to calm. Christmas makes me vulnerable.…

Memories "Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will teach you." Deuteronomy 32:7 (HCSB) When Stephen and Farrell set their wedding date, one of the requests they had for us was to digitize photos of him growing up so they…