Projectkin Live: The View from Kathy's Corner

Update: It appears that this post got caught in an automation chute and did get emailed after its release Sunday. I didn’t want you to miss it. Thank you, Linda Stufflebean, Linda Teather, Jane Chapman, Jude Rhodes, Aaron Elson, Marci Keats Rudolph 🧓🏻, Ann Larkham, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Bill Moore, Paula Collins and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in the north of Scotland to the heat of summer in the outback of Australia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this community together. Did I miss you? Add your thoughts in the comments below. Projectkin programming is offered free with the kind support of our Patrons worldwide. Explore our story and join us 👇.2026 in the Spotlight at Kathy’s CornerKathy and I started today’s program by focusing on how we go about getting things done and making sure they’re the right things. Generally, we think about this in terms of projects, priorities, goals, and objectives. In a new post, Kathy proposed a mindshift by using the word “Quest.” Grab your lance and take a look at the post. Invite along a 🐉 if you think it’ll help. Today, that led to a broader conversation about Projects, including tremendous feedback from all of you in the livestream chat. We’ll circle back to this discussion in the conversation on Thursday. Kathy’s Corner is held in our Pacific-friendly hour, configured as a Zoom meeting, which makes it easier to bring everyone into the conversation. Our Love Affair with PostcardsWhile the topic of Postcards has popped up in the context of artifacts, it wasn’t until Kathy’s Projectkin Live takeover with Lori Olson White in October that we started to focus on the simple cards as storytelling devices. That event led to our holiday special in December, where six speakers stepped up to share their stories about postcards in their family history. From here, you may have seen Paula Collins’ ongoing series of posts now about postcards (paulafromky.substack.com). In our talk today, Kathy previewed a couple of related programs in the coming months: A program focused on the technical challenges of managing a collection that includes postcards (photo cards and commercial picture postcards). She’s also arranged for a notable blogger and Substacker, Jane Chapman, to join her in a program focused on Jane’s series of posts about her postcard treasurebox: We also briefly discussed Projects, how we use the term, and the return of the program idea for a “Project Festival.” More about all of that in the months to come. About KathySometimes I don’t think I talk about Kathy and her remarkable background often enough. She’s been part of Projectkin since before we had a name and bounced along in the pre-Substack trails as “PostPonga” (more about that some other time). What you need to know now is that Kathy is a preeminent figure in the world of photo organizing, where a discipline and profession have developed to help clients preserve and protect their personal archives. Today, she’s turned her professionalism to the challenges of her personal collection and shares the insights she’s gleaned along the way. While she no longer takes on major projects, she now offers her expertise as a consultant with regular posts with tips she generously shares on her publication at:As Projectkin, we’re here to help families tell their stories in any form. I feel strongly that our collections of photos and other artifacts are key to our memories and, in turn, our stories. You’re more than welcome to share these recordings with anyone you think might benefit from their tips and insights. See you on Thursday! 👋 Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe