Please welcome Becky Lewellen Povich as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is the author of the memoir, From Pigtails to Chin Hairs, that I reviewed on Sunday. Today, Becky has quite a hairstyle dilemma, so maybe we can help her out. Grab a donut and a cup of coffee and read on…. When I was a […]
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Since I missed my usual Monday offering – I was out of town – I thought I would share a bit of fun from the humor column I used to write. It, too, was called It’s Not All Gravy, and I wrote that column for seven years for a Dallas suburban newspaper. Enjoy…. When the
Had she lived four more weeks, my mother would be 95 years old today, April 28. When she was in the hospital, the doctor joked that she was close enough that we could say she was 95, but of course that could not be her official age. This is one of the ways I will
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MATRIARCH ~ A JOURNEY THROUGH TRADITIONSuzann M. BrucatoISBN: 978-0-615-47832-6 This lovely photo journal is a wonderful tribute to the family to which Suzann Brucato belongs, tracing her heritage back several generations. The pictures and the poetry speak to the importance of family and traditions and special rituals that all families seem to have. I’m sure
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Please help me welcome Kathryn Craft as today’s Wednesday’s guest. She has a different kind of post for us today, a charming story from her childhood she calls, “Novelist in the Making”. So grab your beverage of choice, and a donut, and enjoy the story. When you are finished here, you might want to hop
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I Will Never Forget: A Daughter’s Story of her Mother’s Arduous and Humorous Journey Through Dementia. Elaine C. PereiraFile Size: 435 KBPrint Length: 257 pagesSimultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: iUniverse (January 20, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B008132KMO In the words of the author, “My mother’s is a story that needed to be told.
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This will be a short post as I still have company today. My daughter, Dany, came to go to the art fair with me yesterday. We had a grand time visiting with artists we’d met back in October and meeting new friends. Two ladies who are just beginning to write stories stopped by my table
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I wrote the following in 2010, and sadly it is still relevant. If you are one of the avid Black Friday shoppers, I apologize if this upsets you. It is meant as social commentary, not a personal slam. I remember a time when shopping the day after Thanksgiving was fun. A lot of people were
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For all of my American readers, I send out a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your day is blessed by the love of family, good food, and all the things that make lasting memories. And also wishing all my Jewish readers a Happy and Blessed Hanukkah. The following is a piece I wrote in 2009
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Untethered: A Caregiver’s Tale by Phyllis Peters will be out November 15th on Amazon, and other outlets shortly afterward. I was sent an advance review copy, and was quite taken with the story. Here is how we, and the central character are introduced to the main drama of the story: “Mr. Conklin?” “Yes?” I said.
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