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May 19, 2017

Eulogy to My Couch

My couch has seen better days. There are white scrapes and slight rips on the sides from pushing it in and out of New York City apartment doorways. Scribbles from an exuberant child artist. A small tear where
May 16, 2017

Capturing a Moment in Time

We recently welcomed the newest addition to our family–our beautiful baby girl Mimi. (My other daughter is thrilled,  and the boys are grudgingly happy because at last we’re evenly divided between boys and girls.)   It’s been five
May 16, 2017

The 180 Degree Turn

  She was married to him for three years, knew him for twenty-five. Matt, the neighborhood kid was her best friend long before they married. Something changed when they finally tied the knot. Stephanie lost something, lost herself
December 23, 2016

Writing Prompt

Try this Memoir Writing Prompt: How do you celebrate holidays in your family? Write about past traditions and current ones. Write about your feelings about past holidays. Is there a specific one that stands out in your memory?
December 20, 2016

Video–What I do as a personal historian.

December 19, 2016

My Latest Work in Progress

My current client is a delight to interview. He is short, with a wispy white beard, his back slightly hunched. He leads me to his meticulously organized office, not a paper out of place. Organized space, organized mind,
December 12, 2016

The Performer

My parents are organizing their house. All eight of their children are out of the house and they are finally tackling the accumulated possessions of almost four decades of marriage. My father hasn’t yet retired as a puppeteer,
December 11, 2016

Your Life in Six Words

Legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway sat at lunch one day with a group of writers. He bet ten dollars that he could write a novel in six words. He took a napkin and wrote the haunting
November 6, 2016

New Book Published!

  The process of writing a book can be a long one–interviews, organizing, writing, editing, choosing pictures, approving the graphic design. After all that, there is nothing better than seeing a client hold her book for the first time.
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