We must write what we know. 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.
Journaling about War, Part 1 (Ukraine)
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.
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
Othering
Unfortunately, othering can escalate and lead to physical violence beyond the psychological cruelty and social slander whether done for religious, political, racial, and/or economic reasons. Access is being denied to a resource for a reason.