It’s A Small World
My guest this week is Jill Dobbe, whom I met on the We Love Memoirs FB Group. Jill is an author and overseas educator who continually bops around from country to country and from school to school. … Read More
The Unhappy Final Weeks
Once we got our medical clearance, the pace quickened. Here’s another deleted scene from our Pre-departure days. The phone call telling me I had cleared the final medical hurdle came in February 2004 while I was visiting my … Read More
Happy Birthday to the Two Grandbabies — now they are 11
As anyone who’s read my memoir, At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, will know, Woody and I postponed our application process for sixteen months while we awaited the births of my two sons’ first babies. (Amazon link is here) … Read More
Nancy’s Midlife Adventures
My guest this week is Nancy Gregory, whom I met on the We Love Memoirs Facebook group I’ve mentioned before. Nancy, who now lives in Ecuador, is a returned Peace Corps volunteer (RPCV in keeping with PC practice of … Read More
Our 777 Invitation
Exciting News! The publisher for my memoir, Ant Press, wants these deleted scenes collected into an eBook. I think I’m most excited that I get to continue to tweak these stories. I do love that process. So, in eager anticipation, … Read More
The Sharwa Bazaar
I’m back with one of the many Deleted Scenes. This one is something of a hybrid — parts of it show up at a later time in the book. But here’s the original description of this amazing place, the … Read More
THE ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE
This is a post about a social movement, one of my favorite topics. Q: What is the difference between a social movement and a mental illness? A: The number of people involved. I remember a chilly weekend in New … Read More
Connecting with your Purpose
My guest this week is Kathy Pooler, whose memoir, Ever Faithful To His Lead was published in late July. First, her bio. Kathleen Pooler is an author and a retired Family Nurse Practitioner whose memoir, Ever Faithful to His Lead: … Read More