The Westerly Memoir Project (WMP) embarks on its second summer July 11, 2017. The project blends top-notch instruction in the art of memoir with the long-term goal of creating an anthology of personal essays, all set in the treasured seaside community of Westerly, RI. Grub Street, a creative writing center in Boston, has completed two such […]
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I’m just returning from seven days skiing in the Canadian Rockies, staying at the wonderful CMH Cariboo Lodge. If you like the majesty of pristine wilderness, the cleanest air imaginable, and mountains covered with blankets of virgin powder, this is the place for you. Heli-skiing in British Columbia had been on my bucket list for […]
February 13 is Dedications day for #Authorlifemonth on Instagram. Ventures take on greater meaning when dedicated to others, such as cooking a nurturing meal for loved ones, setting an intention before a yoga practice, or when my son, Charlie, and I ran the Boston Marathon for Stepping Strong trauma research last April. Similarly, as Eden […]
It only makes sense that during the baby boom years after WWII, there would also have been a sharp rise in the number of illegitimate pregnancies. You’ve seen pictures of those soldiers coming home, there was kissing in the streets and presumably a lot more going on! But in the 1940’s, the options for women […]
My son created this playlist on Spotify to get you in the mood. Enjoy!!
My last two blog posts covered far-reaching trips I’ve recently taken to Africa and South America. When people asked me what our plans were for this holiday season, I think they were expecting a more exotic reply, but I was happy to answer, “A good ‘ol family staycation…” The two kids that are still in […]
On a recent vacation to Patagonia, I took a day off from hiking with the friends I’d traveled with to go horseback riding. Who could resist the beauty of the animals, the gaucho culture, or the wide open, expansive landscape? I’m not an experienced rider, but talked my way into a group that included a […]
I recently returned from a trip to South Africa and Uganda where I had the privilege of spending time with some amazing Mountain Gorilla families in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Mountain Gorilla families vary in size, but average about 25 members. It was explained to us that they are ruled by the one silverback male […]
Over the course of writing my book, which took many, many years, it would always be sort of cool and sort of weird when the events in the story came into confluence with reality. For example, working on the Fourth of July scene when it actually was the Fourth of July, or writing about Becca’s […]
