Category Archives: Call for action

The Birren Center is at it again! Third anthology open for submissions

Back in November, I announced the publication of the second anthology from the Birren Center for Guided Autobiography. As of May first, the third anthology is open for submission. Note, to submit you must have taken a Guided Autobiography class, … Continue reading

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Linda Lenzke’s “Dispatch from the Hideout” Covid Journal

In response to my call last week for your reflections on the COVID19 pandemic–and call to submit your journals, etc. to the Wisconsin Historical Society’s special collection–I received this comment from Linda Lenzke, an occasional contributor to True Stories Well … Continue reading

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3 Short Years Ago, We Went Down the Rabbit Hole

By Sarah White Three years ago this week, the world as we knew it stopped. We all plummeted down a rabbit hole, I felt every bit as unmoored as poor Alice, snatching a pot of marmalade as she tumbled past, … Continue reading

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Happy International Women’s Day!

This morning I invite you to revisit a post I published here on March 8, 2012, about my personal connection to International Women’s Day. As we honor women today, I encourage you to support women’s rights. When women thrive, we … Continue reading

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Travels with Taste Part 2: Reflections on the Greatest Little Travel Company You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

By Sarah White This post is the second of a two-part series in which I reflect with Cathy Fleming, founder of Viaggi di Gusto (“Travels with Taste”) on how she found the best work of her life—and how we might … Continue reading

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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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