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Memoir & Life Writing
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by Elly Danica
Our lives are made up of a great many little things, things we notice enough to connect with, to make meaning out of, to take into our hearts. Sometimes these things are dramas but most often they are not. It is the quality of our notice that makes them important to us. Yet we live [...]
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by Elly Danica
We live now in an ever more fragmented, disconnected world. Generations are often segregated. There are adult only communities. Even if we don’t live in such an environment, how do we interact with younger folks when their spheres of interest and ours so seldom overlap? Just a few generations ago many of us had extended [...]
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by Elly Danica
When I tell people that my mission is to help folks write their personal stories, or memoirs, I almost always get a comment that goes something like, ‘my life is so ordinary that I’d have nothing to write’. I beg to differ. I don’t believe there is such a thing as an ordinary life. There [...]
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by Elly Danica
Time is something I may think more about than many people. I’ve always believed that is because I am a Capricorn and am hardwired to think about time on that account. As a Capricorn I am notorious noted for being a late bloomer. I think about things a long while, am innately cautious or perhaps fearful [...]
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by Elly Danica
“We are all writing the story of our own life. It’s not a story of conquest. It’s a story of discovery. Through trial and error, we learn what gifts we have to offer the world and are pushed to greater recognition about what we really need.” Po Bronson, What Should I Do with My Life [...]
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by Elly Danica
There was much less focus on the word(s) and a great deal of intense focus on the story. Our ancestors who sat around their camp fires wanted to be entertained, thrilled and engaged by the story. They were likely impressed by how well the story-teller communicated the tale, with mimed actions, sounds, and words all [...]
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