You may have been nurtured by a mother possessing all the perfection of Caroline Ingalls or struggled through childhood with a parent who took lessons from Hamlet’s Queen Gertrude. For most people growing up in Mom’s kitchen fell in a more safe and boring middle ground.
Continue reading →Among the fears that held me back from publishing, offending somebody dear to me ranked fairly high. The powerful influence of familiar people, places and experiences in writing is reflected in AWP 2015’s first day schedule that includes three sessions on the topic.
Continue reading →There are no road maps to smooth out the journey of caring for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Continue reading →Living with a person with vascular dementia is living in a difficult, unpredictable and stressful situation for an unknown amount of time. Some days might be good, other days will be bad.
Continue reading →Diane Foley’s son was killed as a horrific political statement by extremists who would do the same to my child or yours. And even though he died a hero, telling the world what was happening in Syria and Iraq, the man so brutally treated was first Diane’s son, her boy.
Continue reading →Twas the night before the book launch, when all through the house All the creatures were stirring, except there’s no mouse. The clothes are all hung in the closet with care, In hopes that they’ll fit and no one will … Continue reading →
Writers don’t have the opportunity to retire. If our minds are working and the words still flow, we don’t dare turn off our computers or throw away our notepads and pencils.
Continue reading →The very thought that almost eight thousand people have taken the time to shoot a little video about shoveling leaves me speechless.
Continue reading →The view from a hospital room is always the same—a bright spot suggesting that everyone else is moving along on a normal day.
Continue reading →In the blogosphere opinions run strong about the best way to journal. A Google search culled out 148,000,000 blog entries about the topic.
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