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Thank you for this idea.

I’ve given notebooks to my mom to encourage her to write, but don’t think I ever wrote her name on the cover. The next one will have it.

Also, consider recording a conversation between you and your loved one with the voice recorder on your phone. I have one brief recording of my dad’s voice in an old VHS tape that I burned to DVD and copied to the computer, and that’s it.

Memories.

Often the most powerful objects in films, to me, are photographs. Like the polaroids in Thelma and Louise and both Blade Runners.

Also old school VHS footage, like in Bassackwards by Kurt Vile — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOFWHty4XFQ — and What About That Day by Jenny O. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxCBnKu5jyk

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My dad is 80 years old and he loves playing the piano and now the keyboard. He never learned how to read music and he plays by ear. He mostly plays and sings Motown classics. I’ve captured a few video clips of his playing and singing when I go back home.

I back up all of my videos and pictures to iCloud, OneDrive, Google Photos and Amazon Drive (pictures only).

As far as my own writing, my wife and I are what I call “hybrid digital nomads and snowbirders”. I have a blog over at micro.blog where I write about our journey.