I have for a long while enjoyed a serious case of pen lust. I am known to spend too much time searching pen sites for the next pen, and then make extensive wish lists as I drool on the computer keyboard. So not pretty. Contrary to what some folks say: a pen is a pen [...]
I have stash of photographs from my childhood years, a few from the years I was married and progressively fewer as I get older. There were years in my 30′s and 40′s when I wish I’d taken more photos and had more taken of me to record what I was doing, and how I looked. [...]
There are two sorts of people that I know, those who think about their lives and situations and those who would rather do almost anything so that they don’t have to spend a single second in self reflection. Self reflection for the latter group is apparently self indulgent, selfish, stupid and a waste of time. [...]
When first sitting down to write a memoir you may have only a couple of events that really stand out, so that’s where you will logically begin. Then what? Here’s something to try to bring more of your stories to the surface. Take at least three sheets of 8.5 x 11 inch paper and tape [...]