Have you ever zoned out at the wheel and ended up driving in some totally unforeseen direction that has nothing to do with your intended destination? I have, more than once. Here’s a poem about one such experience. Roads Not Taken Hurtling high above the Hudson, pushing sixty, I execute a daring merge,… [Read More]
Affordable Funerals Part II: Down by the riverside
Funeral arrangements and memorial services can be meaningful, healing experiences even when costs are kept low. Membership in an affiliate of the Funeral Consumers Alliance can help families cope with their loss while keeping both stress and expense at a minimum. I wrote this article a year ago for the fall newsletter of the Memorial… [Read More]
Editing Excellence – Remembering My Father
“As a journalist in a newsroom, I never worried about how to write. I just did it. I put words on my computer screen to meet a deadline.” These words from Alexis Grant jumped out at me this morning. I’d left her blog up on my screen when I turned off the monitor late last… [Read More]
Blogging as memoir
Tonight I attended the first in a series of group readings, part of “The Memoir Project” at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. Memoirs are tremendously “in” right now, and this series features classes and workshops as well as readings. By and large, the evening was engrossing, but a large part of… [Read More]