Magical Memoir Moments
How to Turn Garden Guilt into Virtue In One Easy Lesson
The neighbors on either side of us have lovely gardens. We used to plant our own. For years, however, we have managed to avoid gardening. The soil here is rocky. We travel a lot. Can you tell I’m making excuses? Because other people labor in the soil, we often become the beneficiaries of their generosity….
Reposting a Tribute to My Mother-in-Law: A Mini-Memoir
Note to Readers: My first blog was created on the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference site. When the site closed, I lost the web connection for this post written in 2008. I am reposting it so that others can appreciate the woman I considered a second mother–and so that one small piece of her legacy is…