Monthly Archives: October 2011

Buying/Selling By Email Or Auto Phone: No Human Connection

First Installment. Last week I discovered that Kindle, at Amazon.com, was selling another book in place of “Little Nancy” if anyone tried to buy that version.  How did I learn about this?  A friend from college whom I haven’t seen … Continue reading

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Selling Myself

Little did I know that writing the memoir, adding a workbook and then offering workshops with both would just be the beginning of a journey I was choosing to take.  At the urging of workshop participants, and with chest clenched, … Continue reading

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How Honest Is Honest?

A new friend and I were talking the other night because she had just finished reading my memoir, which she said she couldn’t put down. Then she added, with a slight laugh, that she was amazed by how ‘honest’ I … Continue reading

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The Creative Impulse

Yesterday I talked with a woman I haven’t seen or spoken to in over thirty years.  We both attended Sarah Lawrence College in the late 60’s, sat in, took writing classes, talked endlessly about our lives and the meaning of … Continue reading

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Funny/Embarrassing Things Kids Say

In the summer my parents would take my sister and me to a place called the Chatham Pool.  It was a water hole, really, not a paved pool, with a grassy area around the entire pool where we would picnic.  … Continue reading

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