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 […]
Fifty Ways I Love His Mother
by Carol Cassara She was a writer. They all were — journalists, novelists, corporate writers, poets, playwrights, and pamphlet writers. The entire family loved the written word, producing it, reading it, talking about it. I fell in love with their son first, and then with all of them. They embraced me as family and we were all pleased […]
Kith, Kin, and Kindred Souls
I have already written about family and friends in the set of articles I am writing as basic content about legacy in the first month of this site being live, so why would I also write about other words for family and friends, kin and kith? In the earlier article, about Family and Friendship in Legacy, I […]
I Am Here – #BlogHer14
I have arrived! Well, sort of. I am here at the 10th annual BlogHer Conference. And I think I am connected. Wired. Tuned in and ready for most things. There are important people here who know me. Grace Hwang Lynch said, “Hi Nancy!” I couldn’t remember her name I was so floored that she knew my name. […]
Juice, Juju, Karma, and The Business of Blogging: Part I
Guidelines: Self Promotion, Friend Promotion, and Brand Promotion Here are some significant considerations that influence how I allocate link and ad juice: Many people in my writing circles have been puzzling over the FTC disclosure guidelines released mid-March of this year. When my friends thrive, I thrive. When I thrive, my friends thrive. When companies […]
Beatles, Basements, 45s, and a Dream about Row Boats
NaBloPoMo Has Me Writing About Crushes. WTF! The prompt for today has me thinking back to when I was, hmm, let me see… Revolver came out in what year? 1966. August 5th to be exact. So I was 9 years old. I’d listened to other Beatles albums and 45s at a fairly well off friend’s […]