From Memory to Memoir It’s been awhile since I’ve taught online. After hearing the wonderful stories created in my in-person workshops I want to reach out to folks further from my home. If you want to create vibrant memorable stories from your own life, explore the relationship you have with…
“Getting lost is not a matter of geography so much as identity; a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no one and anyone, to shake off the shackles of who you are not in order to become who you are.” One day a young woman decided to go…
On January 3rd at 3 a.m. my very first grandson, Luca Maliek Timothy Donovan was born. He’s well. Mama and Dad are getting better and asking the age old questions, “how do I keep him alive?” and “what have I done?” Here is a poem for little Luca from John…
Why Do Stories Matter? Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.— Ben Okri In the face of the apocalyptic news we are surrounded by daily, we can justifiably ask why do stories matter? Will a story bring back lost homes and lives? Will it restore infrastructure,…
My old high school is the home of the Vikings. Thousand Island High School is smack dab between Clayton, my hometown and Cape Vincent. My class was the first graduating class to leave Clayton Central School and go to TI High. This was a long time ago and I expected…
This Thanksgiving the turkeys came home to roost. When I was a child Thanksgiving was so much fun. My mother rose early to stuff and bake a 25 pound turkey. Mary and I peeled ALOT of potatoes, each of us seeing how long we could make the peels before they…
“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” Henry David Thoreau The West Texas Hummingbird Feeder Cam is nestled in the mountains outside Fort Davis, Texas, at an elevation of over 6200 feet. This site hosts a total of 24 Perky Pet…