I WENT TO my first autopsy, and here is what I learned: Human ribs can be clipped with the shears I use to prune my floribunda roses. The smell of a man dead for more than one week is far more … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: My First Autopsy
A Modest Addiction: A Radio Essay
MY NAME IS MARION and I am an obit addict. … [Read more...] about A Modest Addiction: A Radio Essay
Ashes to Ashes, A Holiday Memoir
EVERY TIME THE holidays come around I am reminded that one of these days I simply have to do something with my mother’s ashes. It’s been more than twenty years since she died. This length of stay out … [Read more...] about Ashes to Ashes, A Holiday Memoir
Writing Parenting Memoir? Get With the Humilty — and Humor
LIFE’S BIG REALIZATIONS happen in life’s small moments. And it is here that parenting memoir is born. I’ve said it before, I’m saying it again, in all, I say it a lot. Here’s the proof: My daughter … [Read more...] about Writing Parenting Memoir? Get With the Humilty — and Humor
Parenting Memoir: Imaginary Friends
LIKE MOST PARENTS of a teen, I worry about our daughter’s future romantic relationships. So far, she’s done quite well. Her first love who was not her Daddy was someone who would make the heart of any … [Read more...] about Parenting Memoir: Imaginary Friends
Memoir How-To: Learning Characterization from A Primary Source
MARGARET WAS EEYORE when we were young, seeing the impossible in everything. My older sister, she has grown up to be Kanga, her youthful negativity evolving into a carefulness for all things, as well … [Read more...] about Memoir How-To: Learning Characterization from A Primary Source
