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Author Archives: first person productions
Finding My Financial Footing
By Sarah White This week my online workshop “Write Your Way to a Better Attitude About Money” concludes. This essay was written in response to a prompt exploring attitudes about money picked up in young adulthood. In 1979 I committed … Continue reading
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The Reluctant Voyeur
By Doug Elwell But first, this note: Doug has been writing his life story for some time. He has begun revising some of his pieces, creating the lightly fictionalized story of his alter ego “Harry.” “The Reluctant Voyeur” takes place during … Continue reading
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Join me in January at Pinney Library for 4 weeks of “Share the Life Lessons Write-In”
Last summer I saw an article in the New York Times titled, “The Money Letter That Every Parent Should Write.” It got me thinking about how we pass on lessons from one generation to the next. When do we take … Continue reading
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Have a happy Thanksgiving, one and all!
That’s me circa 1960, being served by my Aunt Flosh (Florence) White. My godmother and honorary “other aunt” Ruth Chin is in the background at the stove–she was the gourmet chef whose culinary successes informed and inspired us. She grew up under … Continue reading
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Auto Loyalty
By Paul Ketterer Just yesterday I had an Ove (pronounced Oooo veh) moment. For those not getting the reference, I refer you to the recent movie A Man Called Ove, a gourmet meal or better, the book a weeklong feast of tears … Continue reading
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Reflecting on writing the “Tuscany” stories
In the last golden light of a lingering warm fall, I conclude my suite of stories about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. Today I reflect on what I learned from writing this second-person experiment. It was just this time of year–early … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: Camaldoli
This is the final story in my suite about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could sustain it through one story…then two, then more. … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: Florence
For the next two weeks, I will continue to publish a suite of stories I wrote about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: San Gimignano
For the next three weeks, I will continue to publish a suite of stories I wrote about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany
For the next four weeks, I will be publishing a suite of stories I wrote about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could sustain … Continue reading
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