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Category Archives: Call for action
Travels with Taste: The Origins of the Greatest Little Travel Company You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
By Sarah White So many people wish they could make a business out of doing a thing they really love. My friend Cathy Fleming does just that. This interview is the first of a two-part series in which I reflect … Continue reading
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Let’s Make 2023 the Year of the Reminiscence Writer
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a while, you know how passionate I am about motivating people to write about their lives. The benefits are many: Individuals gain a satisfying skill, explore the meaning of their life … Continue reading
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A New Book Is Born!
By Sarah White Books are like babies, as far as my experience goes (which includes birthing a few books of my own and midwifing quite a few others, but no babies). How so? The publishing process takes about 9 months … Continue reading
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In Light of the Repeal of Roe v. Wade…
No doubt many of us are seething, reeling, boiling mad, frightened. Our amygdalae are in full fight-or-flight mode from the recent threat to women’s freedom to control our own bodily choices. For that reason, I call you to read this … Continue reading
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Desperately Seeking Stories
Okay, I’m not desperate, just having fun with a play on words about that rom-com with Madonna and Rosanna Arquette, “Desperately Seeking Susan.” The film premiered in 1985. It was Madonna’s first major screen role. It is one of my … Continue reading
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Big news regarding “First ___day, First Person”, my salon for memoir writers
You may wonder where the stories you read on “True Stories, Well Told,” come from. The answer is–many of them, I hear read by fellow reminiscence writers, at the monthly salon I offer. “First Monday, First Person” has been an … Continue reading
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It’s Mardi Gras–that means it’s time to “Throw me somethin’, Mister!”
It’s Mardi Gras and the parades are back in New Orleans. What’s that got to do with “True Stories, Well Told”? It means my tradition continues. I mark this season by inviting readers like you to “Throw me somethin’, Mister.” But … Continue reading
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One again, it’s time to “Throw me somethin’, Mister!”
Mardi Gras arrives February 16 and, even though January and February parades have been canceled (like just about every other fun aspect of life in COVID-world), one tradition continues: it’s time to “Throw me somethin’, Mister.” It’s not plastic trinket “throws” … Continue reading
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A Fund for Women Responds to COVID19’s impact on Dane County’s Women and Girls
Readers of this blog will know that very occasionally, I mention a philanthropic organization I support, Madison’s A Fund for Women. this group support the women and girls of our community in reaching their full potential, through the vehicle of … Continue reading
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“The Kid Kit: All you need to interview your grandparents” from Dawn Roode
I’ve found a partial solution to how to blog while experiencing a COVID-19 pandemic-related form of writers’ block: I’m sharing resources offered by friends/colleagues who are finding their own ways to help “ordinary” people cope in such an extraordinary time. … Continue reading →