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Category Archives: Sarah’s memoir
The Transplanting
May 1, 2012 Yesterday morning I spent an hour on a conference call. As I sat, my eyes took in activity on the small dead-end street that tees off from the busy main street outside the window of my home … Continue reading
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Italy’s Festa della Liberazione, an occasion for action
Today is April 25, the Festival of Liberation in Italy, celebrating the end of World War II. Four years ago I was celebrating in Cinque Terre. Today, my heart is breaking for the friends I made there and the devastation … Continue reading
Salad Tamate, or, a Tale of Two Tomatoes
Recently I’ve been working on curriculum for cookbook-memoir classes–one to be taught online, another for a local class at our food coop. This has me trolling for ideas among my notes from the “Meals and Memory” workshop for the Odyssey … Continue reading
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Bread and Roses for International Women’s Day
I don’t know when I made International Women’s Day a personal holiday–probably sometime in college. Somehow I don’t need reminding of the significance of March 8th when it comes around. The date leaps out and says, “Remember!” The day I … Continue reading
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Writing Short
The shortest story ever written is credited to Ernest Hemingway and goes, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” I found the “True Stories Well Told” equivalent in the classified section of the Ironwood Daily Globe on March 3rd. Ironwood is … Continue reading
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Goodbye, Davy Jones
Beatles or Monkees? It’s a generational shibboleth. I was born in 1956–the dividing year for Baby Boomerhood. That was the year that, according to the demographers, the Leading Edge (1946-55) yielded to the Trailing Edge (1956-65.) Since I was born … Continue reading
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The Crack-Up
By Sarah White To clarify a story point, you need to know that my parents called me Betsy, a nickname for my middle name Elizabeth. The end for us as a family arrived in late summer 1973 on what would … Continue reading
Under the Influence(s)
The following story is a slightly-edited excerpt from “The Plunge,” which appeared in the APH Anthology, My Words Are Gonna Linger. -By Sarah White I have been fat for as long as I have been looking up to other people. … Continue reading
Oops, An Embarrassing Moment
” Oops, An Embarrassing Moment” is a writing prompt I have given my writers from time to time. It’s brought in a range of stories from the modestly funny, toilet-paper-stuck-to-your-shoe variety to the truly heart-stopping. (More coming about that in … Continue reading
Horse Crazy (Part 4: conclusion)
By Sarah White Horse Crazy (Part 1) Horse Crazy (Part 2) Horse Crazy (Part 3) Change of Plans In October 1971 I turned 15. Winter passed in short hours after school that barely allowed time for rustling up the horses, … Continue reading
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