This is a 2.5 minute tribute I created about my mom and dad, Elsa and Lou Shapiro, Dad passed away in 1981, but mom got to see this on her computer. I'm putting this up on YouTube to show that you can tell compelling stories on YouTube without using a camcorder.

Originally created in 1999 using QuickTime Pro and AppleWorks. These days I would use LibreOffice Draw or Inkscape to create the graphics -- and record the audio using Audacity. (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)

I recommend The Book of Audacity, by Carla Schroder http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Audacity-Record-Master/dp/1593272707 https://twitter.com/CarlaSchroder

Grateful thanks are owed to Hank Wallace for voice coaching on this project.

I have placed this video in the Nonprofits and Activism category on YouTube. Can you think of the reason why?

A tribute to my favorite teacher in high school, Mr Cappucci, can be found here on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLI56...

For those who might want to follow me on Bluesky, I'm at https://bsky.app/profile/philshapiro.bsky.social

"The world is made of stories, not atoms." Muriel Rukeyser

'Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.' Aesop

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it". William Arthur Ward