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The adventures live on.

Snapshots are a common way of capturing a memory. Sometimes it’s a special shirt to mark an experience. Formal collections like place-based spoons or mugs have had their day.

I’ve often felt those tokens that you created carried the most meaning and memory. They could have been friendship bracelets, a mix-tape or some make-and-take. In my case I did a make-and-give, to share my outdoor adventures through two fur hats.

The only time I really sewed anything was a pillow I made in the seventh grade home economics exploratory cycle at Tomah Junior High School. Ms. Rasmussen was my teacher. I remembered her because she wore nifty cowboy style shirts that were made from a s

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