It’s October and it seems like almost yesterday that I was a child full of Halloween wonder. My mother made it such a special holiday–pumpkin pie, spooky music, a house full of decorations and family fun.
In this third “how to” blog by Bettyann Schmidt, she lets us enter the world of her childhood and shows us how to write memoir stories that honor the special people in our lives. The treasured photos contribute to our understanding of her world.
KitchenScraps: Katherine DeGrow shares the childhood memory of baking cardamom bread and the adult experience of finding family in Finland and seeing her grandfather’s now abandoned bakery. Be sure to try her braided cardamom bread recipe.
Post #8 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett … Kendra Bonnett and I are pleased to bring you the second special guest blog by Bettyann Schmidt. Twice a month, she’ll provide writing tips and scrapbooking concepts designed to help you better combine the best of these two worlds. If you have […]
KitchenScrap: Claudia Kendall Salewske shares her memories and treasured family recipes from the time of a joyful childhood in Northern California where apples and families commingled.
ScrapMoirs – Join Bettyann Schmidt, our new guest blogger, as she talks about combining the best of memoir writing with the best practices in scrapbooking.
ScrapMoir. Rigmor Munkvold grew up in Norway, north of the Arctic Circle. In this charming story, she recounts her close relationship with her father, partially developed during hours of salmon fishing and salmon smoking. Join her as she shares her memories with us. Try her Salmon Gravlax recipe.
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