A Memory Journey

Humor

Some of what a person leaves behind is simply the way they made a room feel lighter. These are the Fridays that begin with a straight face and end with the whole table laughing.

2memories 2people ~4min read

Who you'll meet

HalHarlan's brother HarlanThe subject of every story

The memories

In the order they happened — walk them slowly.

  1. Jul 2019

    The Argument About the Lawn

    Nobody in Toledo has ever cared this much about crabgrass.

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  2. Jun 2020

    The Wrong Funeral

    We were forty minutes in before anyone realized we didn't know the deceased.

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Photographs

Faces from these memories. Open one to step into the full gallery.

Wander further

2 memories Family & Home The people he came from, and the home they made together. 1 memory Childhood Growing up in Toledo — the streets, the small adventures, the beginning of everything. 2 memories Faith & Traditions Shabbat kept most Fridays — sometimes imperfectly, always on purpose. 2 memories Loss & Memory What remains after someone is gone — and how the remembering keeps going. 1 memory Objects & Places The small, unremarkable things that turned out to hold a whole life.

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More ways to walk the archive.

Person Hal Harlan's brother 10 memories Journey Family & Home The people he came from, and the home they made together. 2 memories Person Harlan The subject of every story 10 memories Journey Childhood Growing up in Toledo — the streets, the small adventures, the beginning of everything. 1 memory Journey Faith & Traditions Shabbat kept most Fridays — sometimes imperfectly, always on purpose. 2 memories Journey Loss & Memory What remains after someone is gone — and how the remembering keeps going. 2 memories
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