Opening the First Page of a New Year of Stories
A New Year of Stories I suspect that, like me, you’ve been bombarded with entreaties to start the new year with new habits, new goals, perhaps even a new wardrobe. It can be overwhelming. I keep a pile of books beside my bed. They are books that I want to read,...
Writing on the Queen Mary: A Much Needed Vacation, Part 2
Welcome Aboard the QM2! The Queen Mary 2 doesn’t like to be called a cruise ship. Rather, she is an ocean liner, the world’s only such vessel offering transatlantic crossings. She is known for her high-quality materials, using 40% more steel than a...A Much Needed Vacation
On The Road Again To my family, it must seem that I am on vacation all the time. Since I retired, and especially since I moved to southern California, I have made many road trips and enjoyed a couple of spectacular cruises. Of course my flight north during the LA...
It’s The Last Day of Winter! Hurrah!
Celebrate The Last Day of Winter This has been my least favorite winter of all time. I’ve struggled with inconsistent weather, persistent and long power cuts, evacuating to escape the southern California fires, repeated admonitions by public figures that our...
StoryWorth as Memoir
StoryWorth Week by Week A year ago, my four adult children gifted me a subscription to StoryWorth, “a service that helps you create a personalized keepsake book with your loved ones’ stories.” Each week for a year I received a prompt in my email feed...
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