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
The Memoir Project in Washington Post. What Holiday Joy.
WHAT AN HONOR. I am delighted to see The Memoir Project, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir, listed at the number one spot in a Washington Post short list of books on writing. Once I … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project in Washington Post. What Holiday Joy.
Dogs: A Love Story
SOME YEARS AGO I met a man who had never lived with a dog. Neither had his father nor his father before him. So I married the man and set about to change all that. … [Read more...] about Dogs: A Love Story
More From the Recipe Files: T-Shirt Turkey
WE’RE INTO TURKEY season, and you probably have more than a few recipes in your stash, as well as a few stories accompanying each recipe. And, if your recipes are like mine, some of them are better … [Read more...] about More From the Recipe Files: T-Shirt Turkey
Memoir Lesson: Think in Propinquities
THINK IN PROPINQUITIES. It’s a phrase that makes me sound more prim librarian than not, I know, but I love that word “propinquity,” and its reminder that you think of your angle shots when the topic … [Read more...] about Memoir Lesson: Think in Propinquities
