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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

by Matilda ButlerMay 6, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

Memoir Contest Winner Renee Cassese shares a delightful story about the grace and beauty of the often repeated blintz preparation by her Aunt Mae.

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ScrapMoir How To #13: Writing Self in Scrapbooks and Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtApril 29, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #13: Writing Self in Scrapbooks and Memoir

We welcome Bettyann Schmidt, our regular guest blogger, as she returns with another important post about the intersection between scrapbooking and memoir writing. This time, Bettyann writes passionately about the need to dig deep into our emotions and then write about ourselves when we scrapbook. There is more to your baby’s picture than how cute she or he is. Write about your feelings for your new baby. That’s what will be cherished in years to come. A photo of a beautiful scene? How did you feel? Did seeing that place change your life? These and other ways to find and express you through your photos are explored by Bettyann.

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Memoir Contest Winner, First Place Tie: Southern Ways to Mold a Lady and Fill Out a Skinny Girl by Joellyn Simpson Avery

by Matilda ButlerApril 22, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner, First Place Tie: Southern Ways to Mold a Lady and Fill Out a Skinny Girl by Joellyn Simpson Avery

KitchenScraps Contest Winner, Joellyn Simpson Avery shares a lasting set of childhood memories. She writes, “Every flavorful dish and its preparation carry snippets of DNA—the markers of our food memories, which travel with the recipe and evoke one of the greatest pleasures any creature can experience.” For Joellyn, her memories of food are mixed with memories of an abusive aunt she lived with and the lovingly prepared recipes become a bridge to forgiveness.

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ScrapMoir How To #12: Words for Memoirs and Scrapbooking

by Bettyann SchmidtApril 15, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #12: Words for Memoirs and Scrapbooking

Guest blogger Bettyann Schmidt returns with great advice on capturing and using the beloved phrases and words of family members and friends. She even keeps a word box so she won’t forget the special ones that bring not only joy and remembrances, but also capture part of the essence of the person.

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Food Memoir Contest Award Winners – First Place Story and Recipe

by Matilda ButlerApril 7, 2010
Food Memoir Contest Award Winners – First Place Story and Recipe

March Memoir Writing Contest winners announced. In addition to contest winners, including the two tied for first place, you’ll find the treat of the first of these stories, complete with recipe and photos. Hope you’ll be inspired to write your own food memoir vignette and submit it for our April 2010 Memoir Contest.

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KitchenScraps: Poetry Out of Frustration

by Matilda ButlerApril 1, 2010
KitchenScraps: Poetry Out of Frustration

ScrapMoir: We think you’ll get a kick out of Vilma Petterborg’s poem and recipe. If you’ve ever been frustrated in a meeting, we think you’ll empathize.

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ScrapMoir How to #11: A Sense of Place in Scrapbooking & Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtMarch 25, 2010
ScrapMoir How to #11: A Sense of Place in Scrapbooking & Memoir

ScrapMoir: Regular guest blogger, Bettyann Schmidt, returns this week with a thought-provoking piece on life, sense of place, memoir vignettes, and photographs. Writing about her own life and the multiple places that still tug at her emotions. Don’t this this one.

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