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When we set out on the path to share our memoirs from this eight years and eight members strong writer's group, no one knew we'd end up with exactly 40 selected stories between us. A Lenten launch seems appropriate! As the Reverend Martha Sterne says about the craft of memoir writing in her introduction, "Believe me. You are the keeper of treasures."
We have stories for everyone: about love and war, art and the environment, thrilling near death experiences and faith, life journeys, struggles and triumphs that span nearly a century. The cover is ready, thanks to Nanette Littlestone and Words of Passion! All proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to important Outreach for those in need through our beloved Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church where we meet weekly to gather around the coffee pot and share the words. Instructors, Carolyn Fore, PhD, and Sally Parsonson, PhD, and members, Tony Clarke, Janet Wilson, Jeannie Longley, Beverly Baker, Stefan Fatzinger and Christy Knight welcome you into our world of words.
We have stories for everyone: about love and war, art and the environment, thrilling near death experiences and faith, life journeys, struggles and triumphs that span nearly a century. The cover is ready, thanks to Nanette Littlestone and Words of Passion! All proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to important Outreach for those in need through our beloved Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church where we meet weekly to gather around the coffee pot and share the words. Instructors, Carolyn Fore, PhD, and Sally Parsonson, PhD, and members, Tony Clarke, Janet Wilson, Jeannie Longley, Beverly Baker, Stefan Fatzinger and Christy Knight welcome you into our world of words.
Images from the stories:
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deep Water
by Christy Baker KnightOne Red Rose & a white carnation
by Janet Wilson![]()
The Wardrobe
by Carolyn Fore
From left to right: One Red Rose and a White Carnation by Janet Wilson; Deep Water by Christy Baker Knight; The Wardrobe, Fishing, The Panama Canal, Heading Home in a Pandemic, and Alcatraz all by Carolyn Fore; Christmas Sings, The Letter in the Inside Pocket, and letters from her 3rd grade students after hearing the story, all by Janet Wilson; newspaper report of The Accident by Stefan Fatzinger, and Stefan as Santa Claus; Icon, or The Great Blue Heron Seen Two Ways, and Above the Library, both by Christy Baker Knight; One Night in July, Janet Wilson with her sisters, her grandmother, Anna Amato, Grandpa Luis Amato and his friend Dominic Critelli, the friend with whom he came across the Canadian- US border, from One Red Rose, images of the Nutcracker from Christmas Sings, all by Janet Wilson; My Path to Korea and When the Flying Fishes Played by Tony Clarke; The Ice Cream Sundae Incident, The Silver Saddle Mountain Gang, and Dolores, all by Beverly Baker; A Stitch in Time, "Kinda Soggy", and Coming Back from the Ledge, all by Jeannie Longley; the authors at several book launch events in 2022; Cairo by Stefan Fatzinger.