Filling the Heart with Memories
Our children at the Pocono House Although we never camped outside in the wintertime, we would take the family to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania seeking snow. Usually we’d leave December …
Six Keys to Writing Memoir
Here are some tips about writing memoir that I picked up through books and lectures. 1. Memoir is a story, a story where discoveries are usually made. It’s the …
The Towering California Redwoods
California Sugar Pine, Sequoia, and Redwood pinecones No search for the massive in California is complete without visiting the coastal Redwood trees, the tallest living thing on earth. These Christmas …
What’s at Stake in the Memoir?
What’s at stake for the memoirist at the beginning of her journey? What’s at stake for the reader? Why should he or she invest time reading your memoir? Aside …
A Real Live Giant: The Mighty Sequoias
On the Trail in the Valley of the Giants Peak your children’s interest in family vacations with attention-grabbing questions. Like a math equation, you need to factor in the age of …
Was It Like this for You?
Author Beth Kephart I had the pleasure of attending a mini workshop in memoir on Penn’s campus with Beth Kephart, a memoir teacher at the University of Pennsylvania. Beth …
Colorado Rockies: Here We Come!
Snowball fights in July at Rocky Mountain National Park During our long cross-country drive to Rocky Mountain National Park from New Jersey, after many a camp side sunset, we kept …
Make Memoirs Unique
Hush, the writer is thinking. What makes my memoir different? A very good question. If you’ve been reading memoirs, you’ll notice that each experience is unique, whether the memoir …
South Jersey Writers Group
A mix of stories from the Writers Group A fellow writer from the South Jersey Writing Group has interviewed me for the blog Tall Tales and Short Stories from South …
Arches National Park, Utah
Hiking the desert of Arches National Park Maturity showed in our five children as we drove westward. They had changed their cry from “Are we there yet?” to “How many …