by Laura Rink | Apr 29, 2026 | Memoir, Writing
Noemi, Matilda, Hilda, and Silvia Haigazn, 1926. . When I think about family memoirs, I think about Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family, Jeanette Walls’ The Glass Castle, and Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians, to name just three....
by Laura Rink | Dec 19, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing
This month, the holidays notwithstanding, I’m thinking about death. Actually I’ve been thinking about death all year. Thinking about death is not a joyful occupation but, for me, it hasn’t been a depressing one either. Thinking about death has felt necessary. The...
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 | Jun 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Nature, Writing
I’ve been mentioning flowers in almost every blog this year, not just in the Windows section but in the opening paragraphs. Bits of color holding my attention, lightening my mood, and lifting my energy. June is no different—purple and white lupine, wild daisies,...
by Laura Rink | Apr 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. In other words, endure April for the reward of May. Yet April offers its own bounty: cherry blossoms, swaths of tulips, and the unfurling of maple leaves, to name a few. April also brings those showers, tree pollen,...
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