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My blog this week was to be an essay on the similarities between my memoir of my two years teaching English and living in Kazakhstan as an older, married Peace Corps volunteer (At Home on the Kazakh Steppe) and … Read More
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s Christmas without the need for presents. Good food, good friends, and family. I’ve traveled many miles over the years to be together with my family at Thanksgiving. This year is no exception; I’ll be … Read More
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
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
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
On that trip it was my good fortune to be wrong; being mistaken is the essence of the traveler’s tale. Paul Theroux (1941- ) Riding the Iron Rooster. Isn’t that a great quote? It’s going in my book. In … Read More
Tag. You’re it! Remember that? Well, that old game came back to me last week when Kathy Pooler of Memoir Writer’s Journey tagged me in her post of May 29 and essentially said, “you’re it.” She said it … Read More