Writing Life Stories

Sunday is almost over and I am just getting to my computer. I hope you all had a great day. The sun shone here, and it was a nice break fro...

About ten years ago when I began seriously teaching mature adults to write their life stories, I had been invited to a program called EAGLE...

I am always happy to see on my Stats that my blog is read in countries far from where I live. Next to the United States, my largest number o...

I am compiling a manuscript of family stories. Madness is one of them. Let me know what you think of it.  Madness By ...

Friday I attended a program and lunch with Firm Answers Now in Murphy, NC.   John Fleischer presented a program on blogging and how to effec...

Barry and I met on the fourth of July. That was a turning point in my life.  First Christmas in our Mountain Home. We were...

Come on, tell me. What good old home remedies work for head and chest congestion that hangs on and on? I've tried the whiskey and  hone...

Snow fell last night and covered our woods here in the mountains of NC. I snuggled under my covers with Tiger the cat on her blanket close b...

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What is the difference between autobiography, memoir, family stories, family history, or stories about your life? In my classes, we write fa...

Leave a Written Legacy, Write Your Family Stories February 21-27, 2010 -- Instructor: Glenda C. Beall Recover old memories using famil...

Writing class at JCCFS 2006 I am looking forward to teaching a weekend class at John C. Campbell Folk School January 23-25. My students wil...

Nothing pleases me more than hearing from my students and learning that they benefited from my class on writing about your life. In the past...

Today in my class for adults who write about their lives, we delved into memory by the use of our senses. I gave them each a piece of chocol...

Stories add leaves and flowers to the branches of your family tree.— Gloria Nussbaum, Real to Reel,Beaverton, Oregon A life story is a gift ...