What influenced our choices? Did we miss opportunities, following our inner voices. I feel there is a master-plan imprinted on each soul. Each journey is unique and grand, expressing Love’s our goal. We chose this earth to be our school; compassion is our quest. Our reasoning mind can’t comprehend […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland People in their late 20s and 30s have all seen this picture with the radio cassette on the Web. It most certainly reminded them memories of the time they used to own a radio cassette. I remember spending afternoons at my friend Sarah’s […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland With the PenTales Life Lessons Project we want to give 60+ years old and seniors a voice on the Web 2.0 (check out the call for stories here). I interviewed my grandad a couple of months ago, and within an hour I learned […]
PenTales Storytellers gathered in Vienna to share their perspectives on Crime and Punishment. The stories shared included “A Fabulous Opportunity” by Phillip Hutten, and “1,2,3” by Sebastian Waechter.
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland Seniors trying to figure out how PhotoBooth works Check out these hilarious videos of this funny old couple discovering PhotoBooth! It makes me both laugh AND marvel at how much change their generation has lived through. I remember explaining to my grandad how […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland There are hundreds of questions you can ask your old neighbor, parents or grandparents. It always depends on the situation, the relationship you have with one another. If I put myself in the shoes of a 80 year-old woman, I would want to […]
By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin Caption: “The Harvest”, featuring, among others, my great grandad Louis, my mother Martine and my uncle Patrick, 1959, Switzerland. This project all started with this old picture. I found it in a photo album at my grandparents’ place while visiting them a few years back. […]
If the “Seasonal” aisle in our local supermarket is any indication, holiday season is upon us! One thing at the heart of the Triple Threat of Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanza, is family.Whether you will be celebrating a holiday in a few weeks with family, alone or not at all, we […]
Fred Gutzeit did his share of traveling before he finally settled in New York like he always wanted to. Living in the Lower East and watching it change over the years helped Fred share some great stories with us! Can you imagine a time when rents were $54 a month […]