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My mother, who survived WWII as a civilian in Japan, asked this question in her memoir, Cherry Blossoms in Twilight. This week I have a guest post about war on fellow memoir author Gwen Plano’s blog. War and its effects are sadly always pertinent, … Continue reading →

Wil Haygood, journalist and author of The Butler: A Witness to History, was the keynote speaker today at the St. Louis Public Library, formally starting off Black History Month in St. Louis. Formally, because programs started on the first of … Continue reading →

I’ll be making up my own prompts about roots for the rest of the month since the remaining BlogHer June Roots prompts seem redundant or about offshoots from a family roots theme. And I’m skipping today! Have a good weekend. … Continue reading →