Leaving The Door Open

Non-Fiction Stories…Follow Who You Are

  • The Spirit of a Library

    The Spirit of a Library

    Herman Wouk. Ken Follett. David Baldacci. Barack Obama. What do these authors have in common? They all kept my mother company at one time or another. Books were her passion (or at least one of them) for as long as I can remember. When I…

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  • Saturdays with Billie

    Saturdays with Billie

    Starting when I was very young, I remember visiting the home of my grandfather’s new wife. She was another Cleveland artist and her name was…

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  • A Crowning Touch

    A Crowning Touch

    It will be two years this Sunday, September 8th, since Queen Elizabeth II died at the extraordinary age of 96. My own mother, Gretchen, had…

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  • Mining Memories

    Mining Memories

    After taking a fairly immersive writing class this summer, which ended August 4th, I was eagerly expecting some good news from my Libby app. On…

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  • Remembering Friends

    Remembering Friends

    Didn’t I just write that I was taking a summer sabbatical? I did. But I also included a caveat that if there was a story…

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