Greetings, subscribers. I’m a fortunate writer with many wonderful writer friends. Today I want to introduce you to one of them: Nylda Dieppa. She recently published a second edition of her award-winning book, Alborada (Dawn): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry. What is in Alborada (Dawn)? This is the review I … [Read more…]
Greetings, subscribers. This is the story behind my story, of how and why I wrote my memoir, Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International. This post was originally published here on my blog three years ago under the title “Dear Rachel: This is How.” If … [Read more…]
Greetings! Did you know that in 2006 President George Bush designated May as Jewish American Heritage Month? Although I am not Jewish, I have many Jewish friends and acquaintances. I am very grateful for them, as for all my friends. Today, I’m writing this blog post to honor an American … [Read more…]
“Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude and good company,” said Lord Byron. You are alone with a pen and paper, or a laptop and keyboard. You think about the person you’re writing to. You take some time to consider what you want to tell them, how to … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been sorting through old files, yeah, those paper manilla folders tucked into hanging files stored in file cabinets. My goal is to save or scan noteworthy remnants of whatever I find and trash the rest. Today’s find shocked me. It was on the last page of an article … [Read more…]