Post #41 – Memoir Writing, Journaling – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Recording our Journey: One Memoir Vignette at a Time
We’ve arrived at the end of Day 4 of a 7-day journey to celebrate the approach of Kendra’s 60th birthday. We hope your feet aren’t as tired as ours. Kendra had a beer at dinner and couldn’t decide if she should drink it or pour it over her toes (drinking won.)
Attention Memoir Writers: The World’s First Blogger Was a Woman and We Were in Her Home
Before I explain that statement, let me tell you a little about our day. I suppose we could call this our celebration of Hyde Park. We headed over to Springwood this morning, the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This was his primary home throughout his life although it only officially passed to him when his mother died, four years before he did. The dominant force of his mother is present in every room. You feel that her strong spirit is there still. And, as with Edith Wharton, we learn much about the person through the home. [click to continue…]
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