Last year’s version of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge was organized by year — one post per year through age 25. That teased out some memories that I would never have managed with a different structure. But it made it difficult … Continue reading →
Last year, I participated in the first October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Ann McLachlan. I posted one piece for each of my 25 years. Here was the whole list: Table of Contents — October Memoir Challenge. That was … Continue reading →
Book: Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate) by Amy Thomas Genre: Memoir Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication date: 2012 Pages: 280 (according to Goodreads) Source: Purchased e-book Summary: Amy Thomas leaves her favorite city, New York, … Continue reading →
Mistake 1. I thought I was fat in 1989 when this picture was taken. Sheesh. I had no idea. Mistake 2. Since I thought I was fat, I’d begun looking at what curvy girls who looked good wore and slavishly … Continue reading →
Today is our 21st wedding anniversary. We had a Christmas-themed wedding, so I’m plotting a post about that for my stop on the Virtual Advent Tour, December 15. Today, I thought I’d give a sneak preview with some photos of … Continue reading →
Rick and I met in 1989 when I interviewed him for a job — he got it! He wanted to move back to Missouri from Wisconsin to be near his mom after his dad was killed in an accident. Since … Continue reading →
Yesterday, Florinda of The 3 R’s Blog posted Note to Self: Dear Me, Age 20 as part of a blog hop for the midlife-bloggers’ group Generation Fabulous (#GenFab). I’m already missing my October Memoir Challenge, so I thought I would like to play along. … Continue reading →
In October, I participated in the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. The challenge was to write 25 posts, one for each age from birth through 25. I posted my Table of Contents summary of those posts in … Continue reading →
Here are all my posts, in order, for the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. Did you miss any? Baby Speed Eater. Early evidence that I would become an overeater and book blogger. Two Tales. Funny stories my … Continue reading →
This is my twenty-fifth and final post, for age 25, of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. My previous posts: Baby Speed Eater, Two Tales, Curls, Most Magical Christmas, Kindergarten, Places, Mental Health in 1969, The Boxcar Children, The Little House Books, Too Thin, Four Square, Curls: Take … Continue reading →