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Category Archives: Sarah’s memoir
Looking for an Encore Career? Start a Personal History Business
by Sarah White Originally published February 3, 2016 on the Association of Personal Historians blog. Millions of Baby Boomers are reaching traditional retirement age with an unprecedented bonus of relatively vigorous years ahead. In response, many of us are reaching … Continue reading
Don’t forget to write!
The desire for self-expression is hardwired into us humans, it would seem–as this beech tree in southern Indiana bears evidence! Mostly I tend to complain about growing up in central Indiana (so flat! so conservative!) but every Spring I get the … Continue reading
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Army Girl and the Mardi Gras Indians: St. Joseph’s Day, 2006
By Sarah White St. Joseph’s day, March 19, brought to mind this story, which picks up where this one left off… It is Sunday, March 19th, 2006. Yesterday was the Pontilly Vision Retreat, facilitated by Bert Stitt. We woke up … Continue reading
Writing My Women’s March
Everyone is writing their Women’s March stories–Facebook posts and emails are coming in from friends, David Brooks is being his gassy annoying self, women like Elizabeth Word Gutting are rebutting. Men too. Here’s Ben Mathis-Lilley on Slate: David Brooks’ Column About the … Continue reading
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Merry Solstice to All, and to All a Good (Longest) Night
Whatever you celebrate as the wheel of the year turns, may it be a safe and satisfying holiday for you. I’m traveling this week, so invite you to reread a post from 2014 about a Christmas memory… that led to musing on … Continue reading
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Finding My Financial Footing
By Sarah White This week my online workshop “Write Your Way to a Better Attitude About Money” concludes. This essay was written in response to a prompt exploring attitudes about money picked up in young adulthood. In 1979 I committed … Continue reading
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Reflecting on writing the “Tuscany” stories
In the last golden light of a lingering warm fall, I conclude my suite of stories about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. Today I reflect on what I learned from writing this second-person experiment. It was just this time of year–early … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: Camaldoli
This is the final story in my suite about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could sustain it through one story…then two, then more. … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: Florence
For the next two weeks, I will continue to publish a suite of stories I wrote about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could … Continue reading
Sarah’s Tuscany: San Gimignano
For the next three weeks, I will continue to publish a suite of stories I wrote about a trip to Tuscany in 1997. It began as an experiment in writing in the second person, just to see if I could … Continue reading
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