Essays – Katherine Dimas

Personal Archives in a Digital World

by katherineAlmanac & Archive, Archiving, Essays March 7, 2025July 23, 2026Comments are Disabled

On curating memories into a personal archive I’ve been reading biographies, journals and letters of prominent writers lately and it got me thinking: In an age where so much of our lives exist in the digital ether, what will biographers of the future have to work with? How will future generations piece together our lives? Will …

black and white photograph of the desk of a woman of letters, with books and notebooks and the requisite technology and table lamp illuminating one section of the desk

On Becoming a Woman of Letters

by katherineAlmanac & Archive, Essays February 7, 2025July 23, 2026Comments are Disabled

Woman of Letters,Woman of Learning I have had an insatiable thirst for learning since childhood. I loved school for the access it provided to new and interesting information. The library became one of my favourite places as a treasury of infinite knowledge, and the notebook my personal repository of reflections and learnings. There are many …