Leaving The Door Open

Non-Fiction Can be a Good Story

  • A Writer’s Life..Or Not

    A Writer’s Life..Or Not

    Inspiration struck when I saw an interview with legendary New York Times journalist and author Gay Talese. I had heard his name, but that was about it. Described by a college professor as “the most curious person I ever met” and that Talese “takes a…

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  • A Different Kind of Fantastic Voyage

    A Different Kind of Fantastic Voyage

    “Those corpuscles carrying oxygen give the stream its color; the rest of the plasma looks very much like seawater” was one of the first comments…

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  • I Have A Tale to Tell

    I Have A Tale to Tell

    I have to share upfront that I am unabashedly piggybacking off of Vicki Atkinson’s post about the power of song and its cathartic abilities to…

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  • More Questions for Alice

    More Questions for Alice

    In 1972, I rode my bicycle to the library and checked out the book Go Ask Alice. There was buzz about it at school. It…

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  • Family Dreams

    Family Dreams

    My phone was lighting up again. It was about 3:00 a.m. My husband, Dennis, and I had told our son, Will, to text or call…

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