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Find out who your mother really is with The Story Woman™

07/28/2009 By Leave a Comment
Lynn The Story Woman characature

With The Story Woman™  method you will begin to discover your mother's character & spirit. Could it be that you don’t even like your mother? Ouch! Or maybe she’s so special to you and you love her so much that you can’t bring yourself to see her as someone distinct in her own right – someone separate from you. Have you ever taken the time to look at who your mother is at her core? Perhaps you don’t want to look…too scary, too sad, too poignant, too intimate? What were Mom’s hopes and dreams? She had them you know, and she still does, if she’s alive and well. But have you ever stopped to see her as an individual in her own right? And really, that’s not something we’re taught to do, so don’t feel badly if you haven’t; but now that you’ve got this idea in your head, why not do something about it? Once upon a time your mother was a newborn baby, then someone’s little girl, and a few years later a young woman with ideas and desires all her own.

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Nope, Mothers aren’t the Death of Common Sense

07/15/2009 By 8 Comments

The following article was sent to me by a woman who wrote one of the “mother memoirs” in my book, TellTale Souls: Daughters Keeping Spirits Alive One Story at a Time. She said she believed she got her common sense from her mother.  I agree, so did I. But some beg to differ. What about you? The Death of Common Sense © Lori Borgman | Sunday, March 15, 1998 Three yards of black fabric enshroud my computer terminal. I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. His obituary reads as follows: Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape. Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and

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Rare Blend of Mystery, Magic, Metaphor, and Melody

07/10/2009 By 2 Comments
Saints is Limbo 7-09

I just finished reading Saints in Limbo by River Jordan. I was lucky enough to hear her read and talk some about her life and writing this June during the Women’s National Book Association’s annual conference in Nashville. She is a full-blown delight, who talks a mile-a-minute, and you hope she'll never stop. I can’t put my finger on the exact genre – this book seems to be in a class by itself. So entrancing is her brand of fiction that you want it to be true, and perhaps it is.                                     RIPE FOR BOOK CLUB PICK Rare Blend of Mystery, Magic, Metaphor, and Melody River Jordan has an amazing way of pulling you in and making you believe mysterious, other-worldly `things' in Saints in Limbo, and I don't quite know how she does it. (But then that's the genius of her writing.) I think it sneaks up on you while you're sleeping, while her captivating characters are playing their tunes and haunting your dreams. Her

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Passion & Emotion in Memoir

07/02/2009 By 4 Comments
Harlot's Sauce PV Davis

A Spicy Treat: Passion & Emotion in Memoir Need a great summer read? Look no further. I have another memoir to recommend for your enjoyment written by a friend of mine, Patricia V Davis, who seems to be forever on tour speaking and presenting Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece all over the country. You’ll love and identify with Patricia's insights,  in retrospect, on life, love, cultures, friendships, conscious mothering, running a business in an adopted country, wifely duties, and a domineering mother-in-law, generously spiced with wretched dogs (and their owners), flying cockroaches,  baseball bats, harlot’s sauce, and a no-account woman who smells bad.  As she cavorts through a couple decades, often laughing at herself, you see innocence retreat and a strong, self-reliant woman come into full bloom, holding no grudges and willing to share herself and the sauce with all of us. The Story Woman reminds you to honor a loved one with a

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