by Laura Rink | Mar 18, 2025 | Memoir, Writing
In the writing world the saying goes, nobody cares about your dead relatives. Or the living ones, for that matter. The fact that my Armenian grandmother was dear to me isn’t enough to endear her to readers. Saying my uncle gave me the best books for Christmas doesn’t...
by Laura Rink | Feb 21, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing
Inspired by Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, I’ve kept a Daily Delights journal for the last two years. I wanted to do something different than being grateful at the end of the day. I wanted to note what made me smile or giggle, what lightened my heart, what delighted...
by Laura Rink | Jan 27, 2025 | Memoir, Writing
To my chagrin, this month’s blog started with a blank page. Usually I jot material that didn’t get used the month before into a new document. To which I’ll add ideas as they occur to me. That way, when I sit down to draft the blog in earnest, preliminary material is...
by Laura Rink | Dec 29, 2024 | Daily Life, Writing
December: a month many of us wrap presents for those we care about—a package of thinking of you, a package of love. Sometimes that present is a card or a text, a Facetime call or a Zoom gathering. It is the present of being present with someone, of being in community....
by Laura Rink | Dec 7, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou This month, on November 6th, the citizens of the United States elected their next president. On November 8th, I left the country. I left my country for a planned trip to Central...
by Laura Rink | Oct 30, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
This month I didn’t meet my short-term writing goals of chapter revision which means I won’t reach my long-term goal of having a complete draft of my Armenian family memoir finished before my sixtieth birthday in February. I’ve written before about what is needed to...
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