Magical Memoir Moments
A Workshop on Reflective Writing
Next Monday I will conduct the first of a series of four 1.5-hour-long workshops at the Fetzer Institute, the organization for which I work. Our founder, John E. Fetzer, believed that we need to be the work in order to do the work. He was a visionary leader who intuited the needs of the future…
Six-Word Memoir Google Video
Since my previous post about six-word memoirs elicited some response, here is a great video with examples at the beginning and a speech from Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, who tell the story of how Smith Magazine created this special form.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Today was Blogging-in-WordPress Lesson #2 with my son Anthony. I wanted to know how to embed a video, so he showed me how. Yippee! Here is Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.
Burn After Reading: Memoirs in the Movies
My husband Stuart and I went to our local theater Friday night and saw the Coen brothers’ latest film, Burn After Reading. One reviewer called it a smart movie about stupid people. I would call it not-quite-smart movie but definitely agree about the stupid people part. Only a viewer obsessed with memoir would have thought…
Left To Tell: Spiritual Memoir
Next Wednesday night the neighborhood book club (described in a previous post) will be discussing Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, a dramatic tale of courage, deliverance, and forgiveness from the killing fields of Rwanda in 1994. This book was “written with” Steve Erwin. By now you know that I am not…
Definitions: Memoir, Memoirs, Autobiography,and More!
Patti Miller’s The Memoir Book is an excellent guide to the genre under discussion in this blog and is also the image I chose to illustrate the 100 Memoir Challenge over at www.Shelfari.com. Using more than 20 years of experience working as a teacher and coach, Patti Miller gives us a condensed version of her…
On Retreat: A Mini-Memoir
I spent the last five days and four nights on retreat at Gilchist, the Three Rivers, MI, retreat center owned by the Fetzer Institute. I take time away there at least once and sometimes two or three times a year. I love the deep quiet places that surround me as a guest there. I will…