by Memoir Mentor on June 2, 2010
Today I stood in an Ohio corn field owned by my third-great-grandfather, Joseph J. Parrett, nearly 200 years ago. It’s early June and the slender, soft green corn stalks extend only about a foot above the soil. The field lies in Jefferson Township in Fayette County, not far from Parrett Station Road, named for my [...]
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Bounty Land,
Family History,
Fayette,
Jefferson Township,
Joseph J. Parrett,
Ohio,
Revolutionary War,
War of 1812,
writing tips
by Memoir Mentor on May 17, 2010
My spring classes ended last week, setting my students adrift until fall without weekly writing nudges from me. Whatever will they do with all that free time this summer? I feel a bit like a hand-wringing parent who has just sent her daughter off to college for the first time. Maybe a reminder letter from [...]
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autobiography,
Family History,
memoir,
personal-history,
summer vacation,
writing tips
by Memoir Mentor on April 21, 2010
This week’s student story was written by Pamela Jones, a talented writer who has attended my class for some time. Pamela was raised during the fifties and early sixties by a Methodist minister father and a cultured, intelligent mother who stressed education and personal achievement. In this delightful story, Pamela re-creates a cherished memory, her family’s annual two-week vacation to the New [...]
Tagged as:
autobiography,
Cape May,
Family History,
life story,
life-story-writing,
memoir,
Pamela Jones,
personal-history
