About

     Writing stories for my children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren … so they will know where they came from.  Pick a story and see if it brings back your own memories.  

Person, Wife, Farm Wife and Daughter, Mother of three, Grandmother of three, Great Grandmother of two, retired teacher, business owner, bookkeeper.

 

Some of my best-read blogs:

https://retiredruth.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/daily-prompt-the-clock/  Writing Challenge

https://retiredruth.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/the-rest-of-the-story/  Follow up to the Writing Challenge

https://retiredruth.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/first-kiss/  First Kiss

http://wp.me/p2p11A-31   Gum Wrapper Chain

http://wp.me/p2p11A-fV  Grandma’s Cake Pan

If you, too, are serious about recording your own memories here are some bloggers and books that have helped me:

http://writersite.org/2013/03/28/memoir-gaps-filling-in-the-blanks/

Thinking About Memoir  by Abigail Thomas

Old Friend from Far Away  by Natalie Goldberg

Check out Marion Roach.  She has good common sense approach to writing memoir and has helped me on my writing journey.    http://marionroach.com/marion-roach-smiths-blog-the-memoir-project/