mother-daughter | mother-daughter
Nov.20.2010
Dad was not dead, but Mom decided to give him a funeral anyway. “He's dead to us,” she said. We were sitting in the back yard at the ragged end of the day, watching the darkening sky toss up handfuls of stars. Mom shook her red halo of hair, and gathered the edges of her blouse...
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Oct.12.2010
The Good Daughters—Two sides of the same coin, or should I say strawberry plants? (Once you read the book, you’ll know what I mean.)Through Joyce Maynard’s insightful writing, I found the off-shoots, Dana and Ruth, to be not only good daughters, but also strong women, each with a powerful belief in...
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May.17.2010
This time, while walking the memoir labyrinth, deliberately open your mind to the colors that appear when using your senses. Spend time thinking about how color affects each of your five senses, one at a time. And then expand your thoughts into combining, for example, taste with smell or sight with...
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Jul.15.2009
The following article was sent to me by a woman who wrote one of the “mother memoirs” in my book, TellTale Souls: Daughters Keeping Spirits Alive One Story at a Time. She said she believed she got her common sense from her mother. I agree, so did I. But some beg to differ. What about you?
The...
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Mar.01.2009
Since life is essentially very good, but times are hard for a lot of folks just now, I'm posting the following tips to help you write your bio-vignette. I generally like to send out these tips from my ‘Home' page in exchange for your email address for my data base (very important!), but today...
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Aug.17.2008
My Review of DESIGNATED DAUGHTER by D. G. Fulford with Phyllis Greene
Reviewed by Karen Haney
RATING: 5 Stars out of 5
In Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, D. G. Fulford with her mother, Phyllis Greene, gives everyone who reads this book a bonus! Readers will find a witty, touching,...
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Jul.23.2008
On the eve of the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre (June 4,1989) the United States urged China to give a full account of what really happened at Tiananmen Square that day and to release prisoners taken during the protests. A State Department spokesman was quoted as saying: "The time...
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Jul.02.2008
My newly-graduated daughter took a break from her summer job picking strawberries in Oregon last week to interview for a job with health benefits. The original plan was to shake off all memories of her senior thesis by digging in the dirt for the summer and to start sending resumes out...eventually...
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