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Maybe you've spent lots of time during the COVID-19 writing. I have. In fact, my book in progress is Gift of Kindness, good deeds in bad...
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February is For Love
Valentines Day fast approaches. I wish I could give presentations to you, my dear readers and potential readers. However, in person...
Writing your memoir is insightful
FATHERless, My Father’s Memoir and Mine, has a section entitled Inventing the Actual, in which I provided fifteen suggestion for writing...
Peace to you in troubled times
"Twice fatherless by age twelve, my dad became resilient, a trait I inherited when I became a fatherless teen." A. M. Andino Rochon, Author
Kindness Connects
Dear reader, How are you? I hope you're finding inner peace in this troubling time. Consider writing your thoughts for posterity. No one...
Thanksgiving is Important
Thanksgiving is a great holiday. Obviously, I'm not the only one to cherish this very special celebration. Airports and highways are...
Live performance
Last night Algonac Community Theatre presented Fashion, written by Anna Cora Mowatt, directed by Nancy Arnfield, performed by a talented...
Together we gave voice to our stories
Jenna Reed, G. Lynn Campbell Library Lead, served us tea. Demonstrating a process to identify the stories of our lives, I used two...
Great fun
So much is happening. Having lots of fun meeting participants at my presentations. The latest was the National Association of Social...
A lovely piece
To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable,...
The Power of a Reminiscence Group
Whenever I present to groups on mining sweet recollections, learning to leave a legacy from lovely life experiences, or the research that...
Events including The Women
Events (including The Women) Join me when the Algonac Community Theatre presents The Women on March 14, 2019 at 7 pm, March 15 at 7 pm,...
Men/Women
Seems as though I focused first on the masculine theme in my book, FATHERless, featuring my dad, his father, his stepfather, men in his...
Algonac Asset Award 2019
Thank you for the honor of the Algonac Asset Award for individuals who are out there making the world a better place and representing...
Write a Letter
Occasionally, grown people cower when asked to write. Some Memory Mining Seminar participants cringe or blanch. I advise that they recall...
Point Well Taken
Here’s a sweet memory. At work, managers and staff occasionally participated in motivational seminars. One such professional development...
The Healing Power of Memoir- Weam Namou
During our lunch, Angela and I spoke about how we each felt writing our memoirs, the healing power in the process. We traveled centuries...
Share Your Stories
In sharing your memories, you give priceless gifts. Write your life stories in your own handwriting. Your written words are signature to...
A suggestion for writing your memoir
Start with one of your memories. Write everything about it that comes to mind, creating a scene with characters, plot, and actual or...
Read between the lines
There is no right way to write your memoir. Everyone approaches writing differently. My suggestion is to begin mining your memories in a...
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