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Mothers Day, 2014
The day was especially happy for me, welcoming a new grandson, visiting with my children for a brunch, and seeing the cards the grandchildren had made. As I watched them interact with each other, and make their choices on the menu, I recalled taking our first group of African middle school scholarship recipients for their first restaurant meal, accompanied by their teacher. She refused to order, but said it was a day those stuents would never forget. The food was almost too r
The other side of Africa
I am rereading The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta and thinking how interesting it would be to meet this author. The book cover says she is now living in London. My current work is a memoire on an Ashanti man who lived with us in Ghana, and again in the U.S. His story is fascinating to me. Do I write it as a memoire from my side of the fence, or do I make it biographical? I am leery of making too many points of view, as this is confusing to the reader, and strongly advised agai
On Writing
If an image speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Fredericc Buechner: Be still and know that I am God, is good literary advice. Be still like Tolstoy. as you check out this blog, what are your favorite quotes? I can still remember a child's remark when he saw a grebe sliding in for a landing on Lake Washington, "Hey! Him look like a pimp in Beatle boots!" A good image can stick with you for many years. I am looking forward to hearing your favorite quotes; what you love and what