A Deer Screams — Beauty & Brutality at Home and the Hills of Vietnam
The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here. A scream of pure terror …
Category Archives: Memoir
Memoir of a Marriage, Part V – Lasting Love
They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part IV – Love Lost & Love Renewed
Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part III – Disappointed Love
When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part II – Erotic Love
photo here In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child …
Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, Part I – Innocent Love
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child bride), I’ll …
True Ghost Stories: Growing Up in a Haunted House
Have you ever had any ghostly encounters? Each year around this time, I like to reblog a series of tales …
The Personal & Political, Past & Present
Years ago, in what seems like another life time, I wrote a political column called “Taking Care of Labor” in …
My Arms Are Empty, But My Heart Is Full
My granddaughter who had been living with me this past year is visiting with her Aunt and Uncle this summer, …
Brushes with Blackness – Feminist or Womanist?
Third in series in how Black lives and Black culture colored my Whiteness. I came of age during the Second …
