“Apron Archaeologist” to Visit Doylestown Library

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibit, The Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections at the Mercer Museum, the show’s originator and curator, EllynAnne Geisel, will present her signature “Writing Your Memories” workshop, subtitled, “Harriet Nelson May Have Died, But She Isn’t Dead."

The program will be at the Library Center, Doylestown, on Wednesday, October 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.

With an assortment of old aprons as the inspiration, attendees will revisit their past, record recollections in a Memory Trigger Notebook, and write their first story in the format EllynAnne uses: short and vivid with detail. 

The program is free to all, and participants are asked to bring along a blank notebook and a writing pen.  It is helpful, too, for attendees to arrive with an apron memory to share with the group, either written down, or recalled orally.

The Apron Chronicles has received much national recognition, with the work of Geisel and Loggia featured in Time magazine, The New York Times, CBS Sunday Morning, and NPR’s Weekend Edition, among other media.  She resides in Pueblo, Colorado and blogs for The Huffington Post when she is not traveling with the exhibit or promoting her products. 

The library program supported in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.