I WRITE MEMOIR, PART I

I WRITE MEMOIR, PART I

by | Sep 3, 2017 | Memoir, Writing

In the third grade, I read The Little House in the Big Woods series of books. You could write about your own life—what a revelation! I wanted to do that. But also, a disappointment—my life wasn’t as interesting as Laura Ingalls Wilder’s. Mine was a normal life. Two...
A CHRISTMAS PAST

A CHRISTMAS PAST

by | Dec 21, 2015 | Memoir

What sticks in a child’s mind and survives into adulthood? What joy? What fear? What anger? Forty-five years ago, my mom’s extended family rented a large cabin in Big Bear for Christmas. There must have been at least twenty of us, pretty chaotic. It was the first...