Some things don't just happen overnight
Going from toddler to octogenarian for example. Or writing a book. It takes some serious time to write a book and some books take longer than others. My memoir, When Your Heart Says Go, began as a few scribbled pages at a friend’s dining room table in 2016. It was released in book form in 2023—that's somewhere around seven years.
That Thing We All Have in Common
In these times of continued uncertainty, let us all use our words, raise our voices, sing our many and varied songs, write our stories, read the stories of others. And let us listen as well.
... from Journal to Memoir
July 31, 1990–I wrote the first words in one of seven journals I would write on my year-long solo trip around the world. June 16, 2016–I wrote the first words in one of ten spiral-bound notebooks I would write on my seven-year journey to publication of my memoir, When Your Heart Says Go–My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness.
To Get to the Seed of Our Stories
Seeing the two halves of the peach on my cutting board, the stone broken open and the pit exposed, made me think how the peach is like our stories.
Anticipation is the Best Part
Just outside my door and down the stairs, following the path around the corner to the far, far back yard: the Fig Tree.
Writing Memory: Did It Really Happen or Am I Making It Up?
I’ve started a new writing project, one based on a journey I took many years ago. It was a long journey: seven months, and a challenging one. I’d sold pretty much everything of value I owned—business, home, car—bought an around-the-world airline ticket and set off with little more than one suitcase and a handful of plans.