Category Archives: Sarah’s memoir
Done with Las Vegas
I finally got lucky in Vegas–waiting for the airport shuttle at 3:30 in the morning, a fellow shuttler from Maui presented me with a large package of Chocolate Toffee-Covered Macadamia Nuts. Thank you, whoever you were! On the conference–I echo … Continue reading
More Live from Las Vegas…
Last post from Sin City–I head back to midwest & reality tomorrow. The overlapping of two out-of-this-world experiences has been really heady. One of the two worlds–the Association of Personal Historians conference–has been tremendous. Our annual Members Meeting took place … Continue reading
“Raising the Stakes” with Pat McNees
More “live from Las Vegas” and the APH Conference: Spent yesterday in a small-group intensive workshop with Pat McNees on doing bigger/bigger budget projects. Got to know ten of our members much better, reaffirming what I’ve learned from my personal … Continue reading
Marty Walton’s Fan Club says Thanks for the Memories…
Marty Walton, who has served as APH‘s Operations Manager since 2004, receives a retirement gift from her Fan Club, presented by Treasurer Peter Farquhar. What’s in the box? An iPad! Marty’s legion of fans is big enough–and generous enough–that … Continue reading
Live from Las Vegas!
“True Stories Well Told” is coming to you live from Las Vegas for the next 6 days–I’m waking up in Harrah’s, in town for the Association of Personal Historians’ board meeting and conference. Quite the scene for this simple country … Continue reading
Horse Crazy (part 2)
By Sarah White (Horse Crazy part 1) Plans of 14-year-olds are seldom perfect. A good deal of the logistical demands of the horse had been overlooked in my planning. I forgot to budget for tack. I couldn’t afford a leather … Continue reading
Horse Crazy (part 1)
By Sarah White Horses, my heart’s desire. From earliest memory I wanted a horse so bad it hurt, and that’s no cliché. When heard hoof-beats coming up our street the pain tore me in two. I ached to run down … Continue reading
The Power of place in your memoir
The following musings were sparked by a post on Nieman Storyboard brought to my attention by APH president Pat McNees earlier this year. In it Andrea Pitzer lauds author Robert Caro for recognizing the power of place, acknowledged as a key component of literature, is … Continue reading
Getting and Spending in Carmel Indiana, 1960s
This was written in response to the writing prompt, “The role of money in your life.” I have always had a sense of myself as an earner, a participant in the economy, not just a consumer. I was born to … Continue reading
Life Lesson from a Troll Doll
From the moment they arrived from Denmark in 1963, I loved my troll dolls. Dam dolls they were called sometimes, with a nervous giggle. Ugly as sin, made of tumeric-colored molded rubber, with great cottony ebullient flights of hair. McCall’s … Continue reading
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