No Names But Lots of Smiles — 5 days on the road
Most of my people interactions are very superficial. The southwest state I moved to recently is new to me. My son and his family are 3,700 miles away. I don’t have any close friends since I retired and left my home state. So when I meet people, we chat about things we might have inContinue reading “No Names But Lots of Smiles — 5 days on the road”
The Memoir — Can’t start/Can’t stop
My experience working on personal stories and some resources for your endeavors Have you ever tried to write a personal memoir story or chapter? A lot of my essays are of the personal memory style with a little opinion thrown in. But when I get down to writing something of any length, I seem toContinue reading “The Memoir — Can’t start/Can’t stop”
My Own Cactus Flower
May 17 Do you remember the 1969 comedy with Goldie Hawn, Walter Matthau, and Ingrid Bergman called Cactus Flower? A potted cactus plant with a flower plays a role near the end as a metaphor for the changes in the main characters. At 63, I have found my own cactus flowers in a more literalContinue reading “My Own Cactus Flower”
