Words and pictures.  Pictures and words.  That's what Storied Stuff is about.

Usually the image we publish is that of a treasure or the object conjuring a memory, but occasionally the image is the object.  This week, contributors share their written words and those of others, marveling at the connections letters can bring--letters and letters.

And photos, those captured moments that transport us into the lives of others, are often the very passports we need to activate our history, to visit the lives of our families and friends.

And to collectors of the random and the unknown it is often the photos of complete strangers whose images and handwriting suggest stories as real and magical and meaningful as any we know to be true.

Other stuff indeed.