by Memoir Mentor on July 31, 2012
Sometimes you make a mistake that throws you off your original, well-conceived plan and leads you to something so unexpected and lovely, it becomes what my friend called “a happy surprise.” We were in Basel, Switzerland, our last day in that beautiful city before we were to board our ship to sail down the Rhine [...]
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Basel,
Switzerland,
Wettstein Brucke,
Yarn Bombing
by Memoir Mentor on June 18, 2012
Over the years, I’ve had a number of students who immigrated to the United States after World War II. Most all of them have incredible, sobering stories to tell about struggling to survive during the war, stories often more personal and poignant than we read in history books. Many of these students have never written [...]
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Pawiak Prison,
Writing War Stories,
Zegrze
by Memoir Mentor on February 29, 2012
My spring teaching term began last week, and what a joy it is to be back in the classroom with a lively group of senior-age students dedicated to writing stories about all the interesting things they’ve seen and done during their long and fruitful lives. Pat Milligan hit the ground running in the first class [...]
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Elizabeth Taylor,
Margaret O'Brian,
Pat Milligan,
Penny Postcards,
Turhan Bey,
Veronica Lake
