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BEFORE YOU READ:
In 2017, my family found my father’s mother after decades of unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance from his life.
Her name was Valentina Getsch.
The search led us to relatives we never knew exi...
Three husbands, three children, three roles… lots of 3’s.
Now before you let your whimsical imagination of knights or feudal lords capture your heart, let me dispel that notion post haste!
It’s just my dreamers heart giving a creative nar...
I just got off of a 2 hour phone call with one of my closest friends, Ana Paola. We have been life journeying together since 2011; me working in London, and she earning her Master’s degree in Brighton. When you live abroad, chosen family be...
We’re in the park, in the playground area, which is like a giant sand box. The sand makes it difficult to walk. We don’t really want to play on any of the equipment, we’re too bored and it’s too hot. There’s a baby-ish plastic horse with a...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
KiKi is an Orange County–based writer raised in the Adirondacks, where big feelings fueled her flair for the dramatic. She loves bad TV, needy dogs, pajamas, & raw, personal stories. Publisher of The Memoirist and The Memoirist Quarterly.
Every story has a fragile beginning. I explore the hidden moments, emotional patterns, and invisible ancestry behind businesses, families, and ordinary lives. Featured in USA Today and other national media.
Gen X smartass translating a chaotic backstory into stories about love, grief, reinvention, neurodivergence, aging, resilience, and simple joys. Career writer/editor, play-by-ear musician, lazy gardener, and devoted friend to dogs.
I write Poetry, Fiction, Memoirs. I teach Online Writing courses. I'm a Photographer and Retired English Teacher. I see inspiration everywhere and have a never-ending supply of opinions about the world. We can all hear what the other person says.
And just when she thought she couldn't go on, she did - with wicked humour and a will to survive | Shameless Sugar Addict | Cake is Life
Wife to one, mom to three, friend to all.
Everyone was thinking it...I said it out loud!
Award-winning author. She entwines energy healing, dream guidance, narrative therapy and journaling to create authentic spaces. She loves Manchester United football and riding her motorcycle with her family.
I'm Nancy Holroyd -- school nurse, mother of three and writer. Disability advocacy, grief, parenting and school nursing is my focus.
Beauty is everywhere and I am constantly distracted by it. I've made my living as a dancer, designer and writer just trying to leave some beauty behind. Here is where I leave some stories.
I am a conservative Christian who loves to enjoy the beauty of nature by hiking in parks and on trails. I enjoy writing and reading ! I love to travel when I can and spend time with people I love and enjoy laughing with as often as possible.
Musings and More
Being a woman of a certain age, I have much to share—wander with me through memoir, personal essay, garden notes, and cultural commentary.
Writer of A Tale of Jobs Not Well Done. Fashion stylist, Ad exec, Tech bro, Chef- recovering alcoholic; still figuring it out. Stories about work, failure, identity, and sobriety when no one brings party hats or sparklers. Based in Seattle.
I know more than I'd like to about complex trauma & recovery. I write about both & also things that have helped me: music, humor, books, nature & all that adds beauty and meaning to our lives, not to mention a helluva lot of therapy.
A retired executive and former reporter, Polly spends her time aging and complaining – often simultaneously. Both hobbies inform her writing on society, culture and nose hair.
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