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Category Archives: Creative Life
Alison Bechtel’s new book Are You My Mother?
Just saw Alison Bechtel at San Francisco’s Booksmith Height Street. (What a neighborhood to remind us of the 60′s and the “flower children” we once were.) It was a crowd of all ages and orientations and the store actually felt … Continue reading
Adrienne Rich
The passing of poet, Adrienne Rich is a milestone. A time that has come to an end when she is among us to talk of sexism and with the courage to “tell her truth.” . She was always the voice … Continue reading
Linda Sexton’s Reading, Anne’s Daughter, A Memoir
Linda was one of the readers at 333 in Sausalito, CA, Thursday night reading from her memoir, Half in Love: A Story of Surviving Suicide. Her famous mother took her own life when Linda was twenty, after years of depression. … Continue reading
Visaul Art As Poetry
I have talked before about how all the arts feed into an artist’s sensibility. I went to the play RED at the Berkeley Rep which was a two man show of Mark Rothko and his assistant. Rothko had an interest … Continue reading
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Ghost Writing or “as told to…”
In ghost writing or “as told to…” you have a story to tell and it may be difficult for you to write it down. Maybe you trust the story but not your own writing. Maybe you don’t have time but … Continue reading
Writers Need Writers Need Counselors Need Artists and Singers
A friend and I drove over the San Francisco bay bridgewith a high wind warming last night into San Francisco to hear Jeannette Winterson read from her new book, a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? You … Continue reading
Memoir Writing: What to Leave Out
You do not have to tell the whole story. You can tell a truer story by leaving some stuff out. We don’t leave out important events or feelings. We just eliminate side events and feelings. Things that happen that are … Continue reading
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Dialogue in Memoir: An Element of Fiction
Most who write memoir have an important story to tell of surviving hardship or letting us go on an amazing adventure with them into new worlds of some kind. We know that the best memoirs come to life on the … Continue reading
Blind Spots/Creative Work
Blog 4 I’ve been thinking of what I have to change in myself. I am a long-term counselor working with many clients over the years but I still have my blind spots and know it. I am glad to have … Continue reading


