Monthly Archives: January 2014

This Boy’s Life, A Memoir

Posted on January 24, 2014 by The Writing Waters Blog

Tobias Wolff Harper and Row, 1989 This Boy’s Life was made into a movie in 1993, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro. That the story begins with Wolff and his mother running from an abusive man and seeing an out-of-control … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Gougère and Writing

Posted on January 16, 2014 by The Writing Waters Blog

I have a friend who said she vacuums every day before going to the office. Every day! I was too humiliated to admit ours might be done once a month (before she comes). But what I think is that her … Continue reading →

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Clapton

Posted on January 8, 2014 by The Writing Waters Blog

Eric Clapton Broadway Books, 2007 It was the music. Music is what inspired, sustained, and provided the atmosphere that made him, broke him and made him again. Clapton had an early sense of himself as an unusual outsider being brought … Continue reading →

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My Book Diary and Why I Write Book Reviews

Posted on January 3, 2014 by The Writing Waters Blog

I began my diary of read books in August of 1976. It was The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail. First published in 1973 it is an apocalyptic story of mass migration from poverty-stricken India to Belgium. I remember … Continue reading →

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