By Beyond The Trees on 4/20/2010 8:24 AM
 You’ve heard of nesting behavior in pregnant women? Typically occurring in the fifth month of pregnancy, nesting is “an uncontrollable urge to clean one's house brought on by a desire to prepare a nest for the new baby, to tie up loose ends of old projects and to organize your world.” (Pregnancy Weekly) Well, this weekend I found myself participating in some reverse nesting behavior, interestingly enough, about four months before my “baby” is reborn into the brand new world of college.
Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 4/14/2010 12:30 PM
Our motto at Beyond the Trees is that everyone has a story to tell, and one of our newest projects proves this is no exception. <----- Class participant and writing teacher at a coffehouse reading Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 4/9/2010 1:15 PM
 You don’t have to spend a ton of cash to please the graduates in your life. Having been through one high school graduation I feel so much more prepared for my younger son's upcoming event. In 2007 I took careful notice of the gifts my older son and his friends received and loved and now I humbly offer these thoughts on gifts for the Class of 2010:
Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 3/16/2010 3:20 PM
 Yesterday, Kristi and I interviewed a 78 year old woman. We also met with a challenge. Our client requested we capture her life story – in just two hours. Could we do it, we wondered? With a bit of advance planning, reasonable expectations, and an eye on the clock, the answer was “yes”. True, the results of the interview won’t yield a book-length memoir. But the transcription and audio file will accurately capture the highlights of her life – in her own voice and words. More importantly, it will be treasured by her children and grandchildren.
Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 3/11/2010 8:49 AM
 What would you give to have handwritten words of advice and love from a long-lost loved one? Some of the most important items you will leave behind are the values, beliefs and life lessons of your own life.
Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 1/27/2010 3:15 PM
Alright, I’m biased. Ted Rudolph, one of the principals at Digitize-n-Organize Mobile Digital Archiving Service, works down the hall from us. Since we use digital images in our book-making software, we’ve partnered with Digitize-n-Organize to scan hundreds (maybe thousands?) of photos for our clients. Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 1/15/2010 12:31 PM
A few days ago , Kristi blogged about her favorite Christmas gifts. My daughter gave me one of mine: a digital photo frame. Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 1/12/2010 2:45 PM
 Even though we say it every year, this year we really did scale back the holiday giving. The economy, the age of the children and the family trip out west conspired to hold us to our vow. That said, here are the two favorite gifts I gave to my boys this year - and I think they liked them too!
Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 1/7/2010 2:17 PM
 How did that happen? Another year whizzed by in the blink of an eye and here we are already in the second decade of the 21 st century. Surely part of the reason time is passing so quickly is that we have been busy doing work we love. Read More » |
By Beyond The Trees on 10/21/2009 2:05 PM
 Is written communication really a lost art? We think the situation is not as bleak as one might fear.
Read More » |