Category Archives: Sarah’s memoir
A Child’s Christmas in Carmel (circa 1960s)
By Sarah White In the Episcopal church, Epiphany (January 6th) marks the end of the Christmas holiday. I squeeze in this Christmas reminiscence as the sun sets on January 6th. Evergreen garlands. Golden gleams of flame from beeswax candles reflected in … Continue reading
Getting My Mantra
In early 1975 I transferred to Franklin College, a tiny Baptist school in central Indiana where I knew no one. I began slowly to win acceptance into the “hippie circle,” the small subset of the 700 on-campus students who smoked … Continue reading
“Writing Through Grief” with Jessica Handler
One of the workshops at the APH Conference (#aph2014) was presented by Jessica Handler, to whom I was introduced by mutual friend Audrey Galex earlier this year. I suggested Jessica submit a workshop proposal based on her teaching and book, Braving the Fire. She … Continue reading
Scenes from Association of Personal Historians Annual Conference
Dateline St. Louis – I’m at the Association of Personal Historians annual conference this week, and as president, it is a busy and exciting event for me! I’ve been too busy to post the next “true story well told” I … Continue reading
Go small…
In a writing workshop at Pinney Library this summer, we spent one evening talking about “going small.” I set my writers an in-class challenge: seven minutes to write about something, starting with an object as the focal point. “Give us the … Continue reading
“Inspiring!” Fireflies at Twilight: Letters from Pat Adams
In early September I had the pleasure of welcoming a book I midwifed into the world. This is one of the great moments in the life of a personal historian. How often do any of us get to see the tangible … Continue reading
Local memoir writers: help me decide!
Help me make a decision! I’m trying to choose between two different time slots at the Sequoya Library for a 6-week memoir workshop starting in late September 2014. Would you be more likely to come at the same time as my previous Sequoya … Continue reading
My “Writer in Residency” at Costco
This spring I got an email from the publisher of my oral history book, Madison Women Remember Growing Up in Wisconsin’s Capital. They were planning a book signing for Father’s Day for their local authors. Would I be interested in … Continue reading
My Lost Cursive (and so much more)
Recalling last spring’s “from cursive to computer” writing prompt caused me to recall my own rocky history with cursive writing–and so much more. -Sarah White I was born in October of 1956. For first grade, my parents chose for me St. Richard’s … Continue reading
Luigi and the Signora
The season of vicarious wanderlust concludes with this tale from one afternoon in Venice, early March 2001. By Sarah White Moving through the tiny alleys, bursting into squares that are not square but multi-sided, we walked the labyrinth, all six … Continue reading
True Stories Well Told 