by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
It’s that time of year again. October. Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I decided to go to a presentation titled “Let’s Talk Prevention” put on by a social worker at one of Anchorage’s mental health hospitals. I should’ve taken the misplaced quotes as a sign. A stop...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
What’s going on in your world? I made an executive decision to cut back blogging to no less than twice monthly. Somewhere between work and home remodels, revision on an old project and the developing of a new one, I realized that something had to give. But in...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Interviews
I have mentioned before that Swimming with Maya is one of my favorite memoirs ever, so I was ecstatic when Eleanor Vincent agreed to be interviewed. Thank you, Ms. Vincent! As I lift May’s still warm and pliable fingers in mine, the instinctive mother’s...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
Were the good old days really that good? Not to Alaska resident Muriel Pfeil. In 1976, Muriel got into her car in downtown Anchorage, turned the key, and was blown to bits. Someone had planted a car bomb. At the time, Muriel was not much past forty and had been...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Have you ever read an article in the paper that you just can’t forget? I’ve been stuck on the story of these sisters for five years now. That’s when I read a piece in Newsweek magazine in 2009 called the Power of Two, about the emotional reunion of Chinese...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
A few weeks ago She Writes Press announced a cool new contest for memoir writers. Simply put, women writers can submit a query letter and the first couple of chapters of their memoir and compete for an agent with Serendipity Literary Agency. Check it out on She Writes...
