Tag Archives: culture and heritage

Raised in Ruins: a memoir of adventures growing up in wild Alaska

Posted on April 19, 2020 by

Tara Neilson lives off the scenic Inner Passage of Southeast Alaska, but nowhere where you’d be able to find her—she’s off grid. Frighteningly off grid, to me, but she was raised out there along with her sister and three brothers. … Continue reading →

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New Year resolutions to ask for stories, write the stories

Posted on January 19, 2020 by

It’s a new year and in the next several weeks I will be speaking to a couple seniors groups to persuade them to adopt new year resolutions to begin writing the stories of their lives – mostly because it’s fun … Continue reading →

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The Last Cherry Blossom – WWII Japan for kids

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

I’m an adult, but recently I enjoyed reading a middle-grade historical fiction book by Twitter friend Kathleen Burkinshaw. The Last Cherry Blossom is based closely on her mother’s stories of WWII and surviving the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. These days, … Continue reading →

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