Category Archives: Sarah’s memoir

True stories from my life.

Finding Our Place in Cinque Terre

Posted on March 13, 2024 by first person productions

Over the next several months, I am serializing my six-chapter travel memoir about a trip to Italy’s Cinque Terre in 2008* here.  In 2010, I self-published Write Your Travel Memoirs: 5 Steps to Transform Your Travel Experiences Into Compelling Essays. It … Continue reading →

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Finding Our Place in Cinque Terre

Posted on March 6, 2024 by first person productions

By Sarah White In 2010, I self-published Write Your Travel Memoirs: 5 Steps to Transform Your Travel Experiences Into Compelling Essays, which included five how-to chapters and, to provide an example, my six-chapter travel memoir about a trip to Italy’s … Continue reading →

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Sicily: Lunch on the Farm

Posted on February 7, 2024 by first person productions

By Sarah White When you sign up for a package tour, your trusted organizer plans the itinerary, down to what time in the morning to board the bus. The promise hangs unspoken: Nothing bad will happen—but nothing unexpected will happen, … Continue reading →

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My Keychain Reeks of Loss

Posted on December 28, 2023 by first person productions

By Sarah White This is an example of object writing — start “zoomed in” on an object and let it make your writing powerful through its concrete specificity. Three years ago my keychain was full to bursting, each key a … Continue reading →

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“I Love Wayne”

Posted on October 3, 2023 by first person productions

For the next month or so, True Stories Well Told will feature writers I have met through First Monday, First Person, my “salon” for memoir writers held at the Pinney Branch Library in Madison. By Sarah White In the spring of 1975, … Continue reading →

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Tornadoes Made a True Story Lover Out of Me

Posted on April 5, 2023 by first person productions

By Sarah White From April 3-4 1974, there was a super outbreak of tornadoes across the Midwest. Indiana, where I was 17 at the time, was not spared. While the tornadoes that ripped through Indiana had no literal impact on … Continue reading →

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3 Short Years Ago, We Went Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on March 15, 2023 by first person productions

By Sarah White Three years ago this week, the world as we knew it stopped. We all plummeted down a rabbit hole, I felt every bit as unmoored as poor Alice, snatching a pot of marmalade as she tumbled past, … Continue reading →

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Travels with Taste Part 2: Reflections on the Greatest Little Travel Company You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

Posted on February 8, 2023 by first person productions

By Sarah White This post is the second of a two-part series in which I reflect with Cathy Fleming, founder of Viaggi di Gusto (“Travels with Taste”) on how she found the best work of her life—and how we might … Continue reading →

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Travels with Taste: The Origins of the Greatest Little Travel Company You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

Posted on February 1, 2023 by first person productions

By Sarah White So many people wish they could make a business out of doing a thing they really love. My friend Cathy Fleming does just that. This interview is the first of a two-part series in which I reflect … Continue reading →

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Becoming a Grown Up

Posted on November 2, 2022 by first person productions

By Sarah White This was written in response to the Madison Moth StorySlam prompt “Grown”. I took that in the sense of “grown up.” The format of the Moth is spoken word, so imagine me telling this to an audience, … Continue reading →

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