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Category Archives: Flash memoir
Harriet and the Rest of Us
I haven’t written here in a while. I could say it was because I broke my wrist and my family has had everything this winter from norovirus to pneumonia, but the real reason is because I was struggling to finish … Continue reading
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Past Lives
A week ago, I was on a plane watching a Korean movie called Past Lives. The movie begins with three people, two men and a woman, sitting at a bar. You hear the voiceover of other customers wondering what their … Continue reading
LOVE CHILD
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I’m adopted, so until I connected with the woman who bore me, I was unaware that my maternal grandmother had a double mastectomy in her thirties. That trial came on top of being tragically … Continue reading
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Forty-six years ago, my husband and I were married on Columbus Day, now called Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A few nights prior to our anniversary, I finished Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and was struck by the … Continue reading
Do You Believe in Fairies?
When I was still small enough to take a bath in the kitchen sink, my parents rented a cottage on Long Island Sound, and we sailed to a small island for a picnic. Once we made landfall, my mom prepared … Continue reading
Vanishing Point
Definition: 1. : a point at which receding parallel lines seem to meet when represented in linear perspective. 2. : a point at which something disappears or ceases to exist. ***************************************************************************** My husband bought a newish truck to replace our old … Continue reading
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Fathers
This coming Sunday is Father’s Day, a joyous day for some, a complicated, difficult day for others, so let me tell you about the fathers I have known. I’ve already written about my adoptive dad. In a nutshell, he was … Continue reading
Veritas Matters
The other evening, I watched a bio pic about Aretha Franklin who was a musical force in my adolescence with hits like “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” and “You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman.” The film portrayed wounds and … Continue reading
Wonderful!
Here in New England, spring can be a frustrating season. Last March ended with a paralyzing snowstorm that cracked tree limbs and flattened my favorite lilac bush. April opened with a ninety-degree day then chilled to misty showers that lasted … Continue reading
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Easter in an Eggshell, a Very Short Testimony
On a cold day in December my adoption became official. My birth certificate stated I was the daughter of my adoptive parents, as if my illegitimate birth and nine months in foster care had never taken place. I had a … Continue reading