It’s a Hard Knock Life for Kids, Books & Reviews
Little Orphan Annie knew all about what it’s like as a child to live a “hard knock” life, and yet …
Tag Archives: memoir
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
True Tales 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 …
Right, at Last, and Wide Open
I’m letting my hair grow out. Like a girl again. It’s past my shoulders already, still mostly brown with a …
“Wondrously Strange,” Our Crossing to the Marquesas
I was reading from some of my old sailing journals when I came across this entry. It captures …
Night Howl, Deep in My Bones
Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we could …
