CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

From the ALA After the Flood discussion guide:

"Myra talks about what is and isn’t passed between generations: her grandfather taught her to read the water in order to catch fish; she realizes Pearl will grow up with no concept of museums or bubble baths. What skill would you pass on to the next generation? What memory of a nonessential item or experience would you share? What lessons do you think Pearl is learning from Myra?"

This is hard one. How do you explain an item to someone how would have no concept of how to even imagine it? Think of Pearl trying to figure out what a moose would look like. Could you even pass on that memory? If I was going to try, my answers to both would be connected - reading and libraries.

I think since each person is an individual, how you would describe or experience an item is different. I think Myra's memory of her husband's would be different than his. It all depends on the individual person.