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in response to Maggie Dodson

Owners of a 70+ father rise UP…looking for birthday gift recs for my dad who “doesn’t want anything and doesn’t need anything” (🤪). Like a classic dad, he loves world history, loves a comfortable chair, LL BEAN, slippers, birding, and fixing things. He lives in Maine and loves type 2 fun, but not THAT much because he’s (his words) “getting old”. He’s about to go on a road trip out west in US with brother…any ideas for a nice birthday gift or road trip gift? 🤟

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Give them a little project to write his life story

10 days ago

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Maggie Dodson
Maggie Dodson
@maggiedodsonSep 13, 2026
A perfect idea! My mother nabbed this and got it for him.

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Nora Rev

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“I worked as a story director for The Moth for nearly a decade, yet getting stories out of my boomer parents is STILL like pulling teeth! If your parents are anything like mine, they might resist answering too many personal questions in the moment. Gifting my parents this subscription of personal story prompts (and editing the questions myself) turned into a year-long ritual for them where they dis”

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