When doctors gave Jim Clements a guarded prognosis due to obesity, deciding to be an ongoing presence in his son’s life gave him the motivation to change. Index cards helped keep him on track. He partly attributes his huge weight loss to encouraging notes written on index cards. Lose a pound; read a note. Clements had family, friends and…
Sunday Worship was a whole different thing in this country 50 years ago. I remember looking forward to going to Catholic Mass on Sunday. I knew and loved every song we sang, I loved the beautiful churches of the parishes we belonged to and I even remember listening to the sermons and having favorite Priests…
Did you know that in some parts of the world, Epiphany (January 6, which brings the Christmas season to a close) is celebrated as Women’s Christmas? Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women, who often carried the domestic responsibilities all year, took…
…Full of things that have never been. Rainier Maria Rilke Enjoy the opportunities for new beginnings and a chance to evaluate. Since we launched IndexCardCure™ in March 2014. It has been a time of learning and figuring things out. Here is our blog’s annual report. While IndexCardCure™ continues to be a work in progress, the collaboration has inspired…
In the time before personal computers and before the internet, we turned to books for answers. Some questions were not readily available in books, so we turned to librarians, some of whom recorded the questions and answers on cards. So, index cards immortalized curious and thought-provoking questions, especially those not readily searchable in encyclopedias or books. Remember when…
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