Yes. I say, “If it talks from your perspective, about you, then it is memoir.” Memoir snobs, and in this current decade memoir is big, so authoritative opinions about what is, and is not memoir are everywhere. I suggest ignoring them. Unless you think that your life is best-seller material, I say, “Don’t worry about […]
The Too Close of Covid Coworking
When I don’t get up and start writing or editing as soon as I have finished my first cup of coffee, the rest of the day goes to hell. And Covid co-working may well kill me, or my husband, from the other’s hands. We do not work well together. He is brilliant. I bristle when […]
Pop Culture, Pandemics, and Death
Okay, this might be a bit morbid for some who do not like to think about the physical aspects and aftermath of death, but it is something most of us will face. Unfortunately, the current world pandemic started my thoughts spinning through, “If This Goes On…” (a Heinlein title) processes. So here we are. Remember […]
COVID-19 and Women’s Culture
Heretics believe which things go against the grain. Women, as keepers of culture, have had to deal with times of upheaval when our very reality goes against all we thought to be true. Identity and Epidemics It seems you have a choice with what you do with memory. I have believed this for quite some […]
In an Instant
Thirty-one years ago I moved across the county to hang with a long-time (fifteen year) friend who had just moved back to the U.S. to take a tenure track position after his post-doc. My social circle primarily developed through a couple, Debbie and Steve, who loved to entertain, and were connected to my husband’s campus […]
Women Leaders
As a child in the 1960s, way back last millennium, I did not notice that women leaders were lacking from political offices. By the time I was a teenager a few brave women had stepped forward. I then noticed. Errors of omission are the most difficult ones to spot. I had a lot of difficulty […]