Category Archives: Guest writer
Bring Back Old-Fashioned Storytelling!
Jill O’Neal posted the following note in the Association of Personal Historians group on Facebook: Nice, relevant storytelling quote from author Bronwen Dickey from a short essay titled “Bring Back Old-Fashioned Storytelling” published in “Southern Living” Magazine (Sept, 2010): “Why, … Continue reading
Things I’ve Done for Money
By Amy Boyd There’s a group of people who may know more about you than you think–dry cleaners. After working all of six hours at a local doughnut shop one Saturday in the spring of 1996, I was told that … Continue reading
Memories and Conversations
By Dan Schuette It’s September of 2011 and in the last four months I have had memories of and conversations with my deceased grandparents Al and Ella, my dad John, and my young grandson Cole. They are deceased so I … Continue reading
Letting Go
By Sheila Spear I let go of the Land of My Birth [England] with nary a backward glance, despite years of school assemblies at which I pledged it “my life and toil in the years to be.” I was off … Continue reading
Chris Connolly: Thoughts on Completing My Memoir
Excerpts from Chris Connolly’s memoir-in-progress have appeared on True Stories Well Told: Excerpt from “I Went Away, But Then I Came Home Again” and My 3rd Most Violent Vomiting Experience Chris recently showed me the LAST chapter of the memoir. I asked him … Continue reading
Stuff
By Dan Schuette What is it about Americans and our “stuff”? I think it started back in the depression of the 1930s and during WWII when everything had a purpose and everything was saved. There wasn’t enough “stuff” to meet … Continue reading
I’m Too Sexy
By Amy Boyd Looking at the dull blue dress with the frilly white lace and the gigantic flower pin I wondered if I would survive the humiliation of putting it on. It was the spring of 1992 and I was … Continue reading
The Upstairs Library
By April Gutierrez Manning Growing up as me was fantastic, but more in the sense of word ‘fantasy.’ I read every book on fairy tales that the Young People’s section of the Freeport Public Library had to offer, always hungry … Continue reading
Earl
By Carolyn May It was 3 AM. I noticed the light next door. Earl must hear nature’s call the same time I do, I thought. It wasn’t unusual for the 89 year old to be up during the night—his light … Continue reading
On the Cultural Phenomenon of Men Opening Doors for Women
A Personal Tale of Women’s Suffering and Suffrage By Kathryn Bush He couldn’t have been much more than 7, although Bangladeshi children are smaller than their American peers. Barefoot, he darted from the protective ring of little boys, and rushed … Continue reading
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