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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Fairy Cakes, A Magical Journey by Mairi Neil

by Matilda ButlerJune 17, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Fairy Cakes, A Magical Journey by Mairi Neil

Mairi Neil returns with another charming story of her childhood in Scotland. This time she shares the magical Fairy Cakes her mum allowed all six children to help prepare. The “patience of a saint” is Mairi’s seemingly accurate description of her mum. You may want to treat your children or grandchildren to this lovely story and treat.

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Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

by Matilda ButlerMay 27, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

KitchenScraps: An embarrassing moment handled with aplomb. Want to know the secret? Read Ginger Collins’ story for a tip. Then read on for her hors d’oeuvres recipe that she transforms into the main feature of the next day’s breakfast.

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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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Book Review of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris

by Kendra BonnettApril 7, 2010
Book Review of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris

In her memoir Marrying George Clooney, Amy Ferris comes to a point of peace and understanding about her relationship with her mother. Ferris finds the humor in life as she deals with raging hormones, in the full throes of menopause, and her 88-year-old mother disappears into dementia. The result is a bittersweet, often raw and outrageously candid, look at mothers and daughters.

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KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

by Matilda ButlerMarch 11, 2010
KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

KitchenScraps: Author Linda Joy Myers shares the story of hurt and love that came out of a midwestern family, struggling with abandonment. The vignette turns around her aunt’s favorite lemon meringue pie (recipe included.)

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KitchenScraps: The Challenge of Cooking for Kids by Maralys Wills

by Matilda ButlerMarch 4, 2010
KitchenScraps: The Challenge of Cooking for Kids by Maralys Wills

KitchenScraps: Maralys Wills, author of three memoirs as well as fiction and non-fiction books shares a story from when her six children were young and two family recipes — one for a protein rich eggnog and the other for meatloaf.

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KitchenScraps: Mum’s Legendary Scones by Mairi Neil

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 18, 2010
KitchenScraps: Mum’s Legendary Scones by Mairi Neil

KitchenScraps: Mairi Neil brings us a story from Australia where she grew up in a large and loving family. She recounts her mother’s life and shares “Mum’s ‘no butter’ Scones” recipe. We’re pleased to publish this as our first international KitchenScraps memoir vignette.

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