Every one of us needs to find family history and personal reasons to take up the pen to fight and politically pressure rational negotiations and agreements at all costs so as to save our sons and daughters. Perhaps then our memoirs can become less about reflections on war.
The Taste of Time Travel
Seeing my mother’s handwriting on a recipe card conjures the cinnamon scent of her snicker doodles. Recipe cards are the ignition switches of gustatory time travel. A friend’s handwriting and blueberry stains on a card transport me back to a time when we were setting up our first kitchens and discovering and creating what would become our trademark dishes.
The Meaning of Synchronicity
Synchronicity is about personal meaning. A coincidence is just that, two things happening at the same time, that are worth a shrug and a, “That’s weird” comment. Synchronicity evolves from a similar sort of coincidence but it is filled with meaning for the person who experiences it. You might force a connection on how things […]
R is for Retrieving Memories with Objects.
These items told me a bunch about the finances, health, and style of my relatives; things no one ever told me but I could deduce from threadbare carpets, swollen ankles, and the jazzy design on a carpet.
Quiz Yourself
There is absolutely nothing wrong with typical memoir prompts.. We all have typical aspects of our lives which can be mined for memoir topics in traditional ways.
Paranormality in Memoir
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. –Arthur C. Clark