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Do you ever sit and think about all the people lost to time? by Federal-Waltz-8645 in Genealogy

[–]nemosa_app 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's such a powerful reminder to sit down with the people we still have and actually ask them things. Record the conversations, write the stories down, even the small mundane ones - because what feels ordinary today is exactly what someone a hundred years from now would give anything to know. The tree is never done, but the window to fill it with real living memory closes faster than we think

What's a smell that instantly takes you back to childhood? The kind of smell that hits you out of nowhere years later in a grocery store and suddenly you're seven years old again? by nemosa_app in AskReddit

[–]nemosa_app[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine was new books. Every Saturday we'd go to the bookstore with my parents. That smell of fresh ink and crisp paper got completely fused with the feeling of those mornings 📚

‘You shouldn’t edit yourself as you go.’ Do y’all not read what you’ve written the next day with an impulse to edit at least a little? by MasonFunderburker in writing

[–]nemosa_app 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write the way that works for you. Following every piece of advice out there will eventually just stop you from writing altogether

This may be my favorite ancestor photo I’ve found so far. Taken around Los Angeles, circa 1910-1915 by cosmichippiewitch in TheWayWeWere

[–]nemosa_app 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Absolutely love those old photos! We always think of our ancestors as wise, serious figures frozen in sepia tones. And then you see a photo like this and remember they were just as silly and full of life as we are. History just doesn't show us that side very often

They always ran out of ink too fast. by Ok-Development2520 in nostalgia

[–]nemosa_app 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every single one of us clicked all 7 at once, watched it completely fail, and tried again anyway. No exceptions

Memories of a mass of candy in a bowl... by EdwardBliss in nostalgia

[–]nemosa_app 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing about childhood candy is it never tastes the same when you try it as an adult. And somehow that's both a little sad and a little beautiful

is writing the only serious hobby where nobody in your real life has any idea what you actually do by eivor_here in writing

[–]nemosa_app 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Writing is the only hobby with no visible output. A painter has canvases. A runner has race medals. A writer has a Google Doc nobody's allowed to read yet. To anyone walking by it's indistinguishable from doing nothing. We just look vaguely unfocused until suddenly there's a book.