Category Archives: Guest writer

Journal of a Camp Host: Excerpts

Posted on June 22, 2014 by first person productions

baThe season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on through end of June. by MC Hansen Excerpts from the book Journal of a Camp Host Dec. 21-First Day of Winter Who would have thought a year ago (when we were … Continue reading →

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Sedona Sunrise

Posted on June 18, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on through end of June. By Nancy Malvin Taking these pictures of the Sedona sunrise was a simple act of clicking the shutter. Getting to the spot where I took them … Continue reading →

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Guatemala

Posted on June 4, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Kristine Sperling   The day that a group of missionaries delivered their message of improving the quality of life … Continue reading →

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First Taste of Freedom

Posted on May 28, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Linda Lenzke “Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together” “I’ve got some real estate here in … Continue reading →

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Roughing It in the North Country

Posted on May 13, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Doug Elwell It was high summer and the man wasn’t sure any fish would bite. He didn’t know. But … Continue reading →

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The Age of Exploration

Posted on May 7, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays! -Sarah White By Rachael Rifkin Growing up, summer vacations meant hiking in Mammoth Mountain. After the first couple consecutive years, I was ready to go … Continue reading →

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Listen Up: The Art of Personal History Interviewing by Paula Stahel

Posted on April 22, 2014 by first person productions

Paula Stahel is a personal historian and the author of Listen Up!: The Art of Interviewing for Personal History, which she self-published in 2013 just in time for the Association of Personal Historians conference, where I purchased a copy. Paula … Continue reading →

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Surviving the Kalahari

Posted on March 27, 2014 by first person productions

By Katie Ravich  There is a poster in one of the miles of “skywalks” in the Kalahari entertainment complex in the Wisconsin Dells that says “The only kind of fun at the Kalahari is huge fun.” The ironic potential of … Continue reading →

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The Task at Hand

Posted on March 20, 2014 by first person productions

By Kalyanii Kalyani is one of the more than 70 women whose essays appear in What She Said, a Madison-area story collection published by A Fund For Women to celebrate its  20th anniversary. These are the stories of Women on a Mission to improve the … Continue reading →

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The City of Light and Dark

Posted on March 12, 2014 by first person productions

By Susan Daugherty   At age 18 I found myself wandering around Paris, wondering what I was doing there.  I had just flunked out of college after my freshman year and was sent away in disgrace in hopes that something … Continue reading →

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