Facilitate personal-history writing

Christmas, Solstice, Hannakuh, or other winter holiday, vacation, or ritual.

What games did you play as a child – inside and outside?

Tell what you know about love.

What is the most exciting place that you have ever been to and why?

Describe getting a Christmas tree as a child. When did you put it up and decorate it? What decorations do you remember?

Or, if Christmas isn’t part of your experience:

Describe your favorite preparation for Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, the New Year, or any other wintertime celebration. If none of this fits, consider these possibilities and let them spark your own creativity: Did your town have a winter festival? Your school? What was your favorite December/January event or activity when you were a child?

Did it snow much when you were a child? Tell something about it. What did you do on snowy days?

(PS: I haven’t been keeping up so well here because of NaNo, and the website seems to have quit sending me certain alerts. But I discovered today that there are folks paying attention to this, so I’ll keep trying to post questions!)

Describe your yard as a child – did you help with the yardwork? What are your memories - Draw a diagram if you can.

Describe your Sundays as a parent/adult. What did/does Sunday mean to you?

(Note: Another gap here. Summer. Busy playing with my kids. I’m actually teaching a course in this right now, which reminded me..)

Work. Jobs. Financing your life.

What frustrating experiences do you remember from your work life? Was there ever a time when unemployment or other fears affected you? How did/do you feel about your capabilities as a provider?

First, apologies for the gap—it was Spring Break.

All right. You’re in trouble. Big trouble. What got you in trouble growing up? What was the most trouble you ever got into as a kid? How did your parents react?