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How We Spend Our Days: Abigail Thomas
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Da… more →
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Memories
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wrote 5 months ago: Cover of Thinking About Memoir (AARP) Memories: recollections, reminiscences, remembrances. So many … more →
The Art of Memory
wrote 7 months ago: Hello readers, I am fairly sure that all of our minds work differently, which means more or less th … more →
Don't Reveal, Uncover
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wrote 10 months ago: “If your psyche is a balloon animal and you squeeze to eliminate the cigarettes and whiskey, t … more →
THEMES IN MEMOIRS
wrote 1 year ago: Much of last week, due to a lousy cold, I was under a blanket and a dog on the sofa. This meant that … more →
Mining for Gold
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wrote 2 years ago: My assignment for the non-fiction writing course was due today. For awhile last week I had convinced … more →
What Ties Together Tu Scendi dalle Stella, Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, The Happiness Project, a Heifer Arc, and Abigail Thomas? Why it's the Master Connectors: WWWW
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wrote 2 years ago: Our writing group met at my house today. It was absolutely frigid outside, so we had to devour hot r … more →
MEMORY, FLORBETAPIR F 18, AND THE WILD BLANK YONDER
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wrote 2 years ago: “You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what m … more →
Abigail Thomas, Peaches 'n Cream and a Surprise Guest
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wrote 2 years ago: “Life is too short to be in a hurry.” Thoreau Ah, retirement, the wisdom that comes with … more →
Resource: Thinking About Memoir
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wrote 2 years ago: I know, I know. This is a blog about fiction writing. Well, dammit, this is my blog, and I don … more →
Whiny Wednesday...With a Twist
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wrote 2 years ago: When I first started this blog, Wednesday’s post was always Whiny Wednesday. It was fun for a while, … more →
How We Spend Our Days: Abigail Thomas
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wrote 3 years ago: Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On t … more →
how we got here from there
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wrote 3 years ago: I don’t write memoir. But I like the way Abigail Thomas writes, the way she tells the truth. … more →
apropos
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wrote 4 years ago: Some of you may have noticed that on the Reading List page, I’ve been adding how I chose the b … more →
some people buy shoes (a prequel)
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wrote 4 years ago: my latest purchases I buy books. I used to feel guilty that I didn’t use the library, but no l … more →
Raymond Carver on Insight
wrote 4 years ago: What good is insight? It only makes things worse. -Raymond Carver. I found this lovely Carver quote … more →
Robbed
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wrote 5 years ago: Sarah found a handy and helpful book titled Thinking About Memoir and suggested we do writing prompt … more →
