Tag Archives: memoir
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Hello and Goodbye.. for now.
19December 31, 2017 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
When I was a young mother and a clergy wife, because the season was so very busy, I used to …
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The Caregiver
28August 21, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
“Did I plug a cord into the charger for water?” my father asked. It was the weekend before Mother’s Day. …
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4 Reasons You Should Stop Blogging (Or At Least Slow Down)
34July 31, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Writing has always been my way of making meaning out of experience. There are many advantages to the practice. It …
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Milestones and Millstones
8June 26, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My father took an early retirement, at 55. My mother, four years younger, taught her third grade class for nine …
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Moving On
21May 22, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been a month since my last blog post. Actually, a few …
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Atlantis Rising
19April 10, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
A couple of posts ago, when discussing Plato’s notion of contentment, I brought up the Lost Continent of Atlantis. Actually …
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Lost in Transfiguration
11February 14, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I went to church last week. I call myself a Buddhist by practice and a Christian by culture, but I …
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Opening Up for the Holidays
14December 27, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Christmas was cold and dry this year, with icy sidewalks. But the day after we woke to several inches of …
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Speak, Memory: Nabakov and 49 other Authors on What It Is to Remember
12August 23, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My daughter Maggie got me Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory one year for Christmas; it seems a fitting title for this …
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