A personal story shares a truth, reveals a universal secret, transforms a relationship to a person or the past. It sets one on a new path or changes a view. We all have stories. Do you have one that needs telling? Contact me; I'd love to tell yours.
The first story I wrote was fan fiction, although I had never heard of fan fiction when I wrote it. It may not have even been a genre in the year I was 14. The story was a takeoff on the popular TV show, Bonanza...
My father was a father in the time before fathers jogged and took boys’ weekends and, even, God forbid, attended book club meetings. He was a father in a time when being a wage earner was a seven-day-a-week job. When a man did not take a day off because [...]
When my mother was a child in the 1920s, Sundays were for family. Relatives began arriving at the double-decker house in the city soon after Mass. A ham or roast was slid into the oven and potatoes were put on to boil ...