Woods: A rotary phone that isn't connected to anything — yet helps connect to lost loved ones
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What Are Wind Phones, and How Do They Help With Grief?
A clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone for those dealing with death and loss ...
Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief—a clinical social worker explains
My mother died in my home in hospice in 2020, on the day my state of Washington went into COVID-19 lockdown. Her body was ...
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Ode to the dial tone: An old Louisiana rotary phone prompts a trip down memory lane
Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends.
Waukegan High time capsule provides window into life in 1974; ‘This is something I wrote about Watergate’
Cruz, Biggers and White helped dig the capsule out of the ground and open it as part of the Class of 1974’s 50th reunion ...
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Millennials vs. Boomers: How familiar are they with technology?
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Extreme makeover, US Navy edition: See the new apartment-like digs on US aircraft carriers
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Editorial: SJC case hopefully will shine light on archaic wiretap law
The law at issue dates back to 1968, when wiretapping technology’s primary target consisted of rotary phones. Also, the types ...
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The 1994 eco-satire film 'Fresh Kill' returns to the big screen
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Joan begins her journey as the very first 'Golden Bachelorette'
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From Rotary Phones to MSN Messenger, Australia's Newest Museum Celebrates Communication Technologies
The first new major museum in Melbourne for more than two decades is all about the tech that's helped humanity interact.
Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone
Her body was taken away, but none of the usual touchstones for grief were available to our family. There was no funeral or supportive gathering, no deliveries of food and no hugs. For months afterward ...