Category Archives: Nostalgia

Concerto Petite for Miss Shelva

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Writers should strive to utilize a character’s chains of emotions to broaden, complicate, or redirect his or her story.  This change of emotion always must be valid and believable.  It is the writer’s charge to do it … Continue reading →

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Getting Serious!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Catherine Hedge

By Catherine Hedge When I was a kid, I used to daydream about being a storyteller.   It’s in my Irish blood.  My great uncles could take a two minute event and stretch it to at least a half hour, especially … Continue reading →

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My Father’s Mud Bowl

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Catherine Hedge

By Joseph Hedge C. Hedge:  Last week, I handed my grandson one of those “Buy One Get One Free” coupon cards.  I told him he could pick whatever he wanted.  With great joy, He decided “Bowling!”  His glee is hereditary, … Continue reading →

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Apricot Summer

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Catherine Hedge

By Catherine Hedge Yesterday, we served my grandson apricot jam on his dinner roll.  He held it appreciatively in both hands and sighed, “I like apricot jam the most bestest.” I know how he feels.  When I spoon out the … Continue reading →

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Even The Greats Wrote Some Trash: by Leonard Bishop

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Catherine Hedge

When I was young, I believed that if you had real writing talent, the words just poured out of your pen like honey.  No need to stop or ponder, unless it was to find an even more beautiful phrase.  A … Continue reading →

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Because I Have Something to Say!

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Catherine Hedge

By Catherine Hedge Anyone who uses the phrase, “indomitable”  must have met my writing mentor, the late Leonard Bishop.  He grew up in conditions of poverty and violence that would destroy most of us.  He believed, despite all the contrary … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cookies

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Catherine Hedge

Back in 1971, I was a broke college student.  We were having a BIG Christmas with my family of seven plus our boyfriends, grandmothers, and a whole bunch of favorite cousins coming from Canada.  I was frantic, knowing that there … Continue reading →

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Opening Gifts

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Catherine Hedge

By Catherine Hedge One of the greatest elements of being a significant part of children’s lives is that you get to watch them open “gifts.”  Not new plastic whiz-bangs from the latest video game, pop band paraphernalia, or pajamas from … Continue reading →

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Of Fathers to Sons…Is There a Santa Claus? (repost)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Catherine Hedge

Leonard Bishop, the inspiration for this blog, was one of the best fibbers I have ever met.  He could make up stories so fast, you felt they HAD to be true.  He once confided about an old story, “I’ve told … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Kryptonite…Francie Dillon

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Catherine Hedge

 By Catherine Hedge My Little Sister Francie isn’t someone you meet.  She’s someone you experience.  Even shorter than I am, Francie has always been the family dynamo, like the center of a tornado…No, a hurricane whirling into your environment and … Continue reading →

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