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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

Women’s Memoirs inspires a birth story

Posted on October 2, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Recently Matilda and Kendra of the Women’s Memoirs blog posted an essay I wrote last spring about the birth of my first child in response to a call for memories of April. The birth of a child is always a momentous … Continue reading →

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Troy Davis, Picking Cotton, and memoir writing

Posted on September 22, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Troy Davis was executed last night based on eye witness accounts of him murdering an off-duty policeman working as an unarmed security guard. Officer Mark MacPhail was shot to death protecting a homeless man, leaving behind a wife and two … Continue reading →

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A lost memoir: The Music Man

Posted on September 15, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

I have the honor of knowing “The Music Man,” one of two original music men famous here for teaching music and having the best music stores around. My friend had a hard early life, as many folks born in the … Continue reading →

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