As I reach out to extend to you wishes for all things good and beautiful this holiday season, I acknowledge that it has indeed been a challenging year for me personally and for many of you whom I’m in touch with on various social media platforms but there are...
Book Launch for Marjorie’s New Memoir: A Southern Belle in Paris Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023 via Zoom DOES TELLING YOUR PERSONAL STORY MATTER? Taking seriously the idea that sometimes people need a story more than food to stay alive as writer Barry Lopez said in his...
Like most folks I know, we can hardly believe that 2022 is behind us. What happened? It went so fast! Instead of looking back over the past year as I usually do, I have become absorbed with the year’s four seasonal cycles themselves and how they weave us...
Suffragettes Marching for Women’s Right to Vote Oh Yeah! History is replete with myths and historical events detailing both the honoring and persecution of women and girls. There is a collective women’s wisdom that has been fought for and won by women who’ve...
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog Poet Mary Oliver said “Do what brings you joy and then write about it.” Often writing about joyful or blissful times are as difficult as writing about those times where we suffered some misjustice or harm. When describing joyful events,...
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog Place is a crucial component of any good story. Not only does it vivify where the action is happening or happened but also helps to define and reveal the story’s characters that place has shaped in distinct ways. ...
