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At Stories-Tidings, we are constantly thinking about how to get you started on your journey of writing and recording your thoughts and insights about your life experiences. We all have something to say about the many experiences we have had. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible in authoring your story and recollections of the people and events that have occurred throughout your life. This site is specifically designed as a place for you to record your life experiences. You will be able to write, upload recordings, videos, and pictures. If you need one-on-one advice, we can put you in touch with someone who can assist you.

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When you remember me

When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that […]

Truth

Here is the truth behind systemic racism In 1866, one year after the 13th Amendment was ratified (the amendment that ended slavery), Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina began to lease out convicts for labor (peonage). This made the business of arresting Blacks very lucrative, which is why hundreds of […]

The Train

(“Metaphors for Life” essays, poems, proverbs, adages and memes have been around since long before the internet, Pintrest, Google or even Gutenberg. Some are clever, some are cute, some are comforting and some are just corny. Although they are occasionally criticized as ‘oversimplifications’, they are not really intended to be anything more than allegorical summaries […]

The Old Green Door

The Old Green Door was a shop that sold items appealing to the alternative lifestyles of young women and long-haired male hippie types, located in Glen Park, Indiana, across the street from the Glen Park Music store. It was a gathering place to meet and discuss whatever was on our minds at the moment. The […]

The Last Time

“The Last Time…” Obviously true, but how could anyone ever possibly be expected to know? I suppose that we can never be absolutely certain about such things… but with advancing age and expanding experience… we may now develop a keener sense of what ‘could be’ a ‘last time’ for such easily-overlooked, seemingly-inconsequential episodes […]

THE HALF – CENTURY CHALLENGE

THE HALF – CENTURY CHALLENGE By Marty Marciniak (PHOTO 1: I was twenty-three when this photograph was taken. Hair styled by: Gravity…. and the Prevailing Winds! PHOTO 2: So, a full Half-Century later… The same motorcycle… the same guitar (a 1971 Martin D-18)… the same me.] [The ‘Ten-Year Challenge’ was a simple social-media fad that went […]

The “Sweet Spot”

THE “SWEET SPOT” Gotta give a shout-out to the blind-luck of the Boomers, who just happened to hit the ‘Sweet Spot’ on America’s evolutionary time-line, to have been ‘coming of age’ during the mid-1950’s through the mid-1970’s. Cool… very cool. The curtain rose on a victorious nation as it wore plaid Bermuda […]

Steve Earle – Pilgrim

I am just a pilgrim on this road, boysThis ain’t never been my homeSometimes the road was rocky ‘long the way, boysBut I was never travelin’ aloneWe’ll meet again on some bright highwaySongs to sing and tales to tellBut I am just a pilgrim on this road, boysUntil I see you fare thee wellAin’t no […]

Road Trip 1971

ROAD TRIP 1971 In the summer of 1971 I had the opportunity to go on my first real ‘road trip’. I had graduated high school in June with no plans for anything: no continuing education, no job, nothing. I had sent a graduation notice to a family friend of my parents, and he […]

Nancy Frankel

(87) Nancy at Ninety Gallery Talk – March 2, 2019 – YouTube

Karl Foster

Karl S. Foster, 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, April 24, 2025, at Messiah Lifeways in Mechanicsburg. He was the husband of the late Ann Foster. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Herbert and Molly (Byrne) Foster and grew up in Ardmore, a suburb of Philadelphia. He attended the Philadelphia […]

Irish Faces

I have been to Ireland twice – once in 2003 and most recently this spring. These are two of my favorite photos. Becky is a young woman now but 20+ years ago she was a lass feeding the cats in the barn of her grandmother’s B&B where we stayed. This gentleman was nursing his Guinness […]

In Memory of Mrs. Johnetta Clark

MEMORIES OF MRS. JOHNETTA CLARK During the academic school year of 1963-1964 I was in the fifth grade, attending Kuny Elementary in Gary, Indiana. This time period was to prove to be momentous for a number of reasons, both personally and world wide. As everyone is aware in November 1963 President John Kennedy […]

Hunter Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded of the gonzo journalism movement.

Drafted into US Army

January 1, 1966 During my senior year of high school at Lew Wallace in Gary, Indiana, I received my draft notice to report to Chicago on July 1 for my Army physical. “In 1966, the US Army conducted Vietnam draft physicals in Chicago at various locations. These physicals were part of the Selective Service process […]

Canyon of the Ancients

The Ancient Pueblo people, over two thousand years ago, began to flourish in the Four Corners area of the United States, comprising southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southern Colorado. They built homes, called “Pueblos” (“villages” in Spanish) stone and adobe dwellings along tall cliffs, and were inaccessible without tall ladders. During enemy […]

California Dreamin’

California Dreamin’ For a number of years in the early to mid 1970’s my brother Dan moved around the country a lot, from Indiana to Florida to Colorado to Arizona to California, before he finally ended up in Washington state in 1979. In 1976 he was living in Escondido, California. Since […]

At the Park

Fall 0f 2020 Lebanon PA

Alex Gray

I may be just an acorn dreaming but no matter what, may the creative force of infinite beauty and love bless, heal, and inspire you today! One hand releases a magical pill, radiant with the potential of psychological and spiritual well-being. One hand needing healing is outstretched, reaching hopefully for relief that can cure the […]

38 Souls

A John Singleton Copley painting. Christians believe that Jesus ascended into heaven after his death on the cross and resurrection. In Islam, it is believed that he ascended to heaven while still alive. The Marathi poet-saint Tukaram is taken up into Vishnu’s heaven, Vaikunth, “the eternal heavenly realm”, and is the “divine imperishable world […]

“Hey Johnny ! I Got My SWOC Button!”

“Hey Johnny ! I Got My SWOC Button!” By Marty Marciniak The old ‘bluebird’ Chevy chugged past the Jefferson Hotel, lurched onto Third Avenue, and parked across from the South Shore track yard. Leon hailed the driver. “Hey, Michal!” he called, “Where’s Johnny?” “Pa’s got him workin’ on the chicken coop, so he […]

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