Please enjoy this post from my friend Emily, one of Minnesota's most beautiful writers (inside and out). Now ... how many plants and animals have YOU got stored up in your memory? I don't know whether I should be sad or amused that the first one that comes to my mind is the noble pigeon.
These women were already smiling on Wednesday before seeing each other just because the seeing and the hugging was going to happen so soon. These women sat in bunches listening to speakers, nodding and noting both to absorb what was said and to encourage the sayers. These women kept careful tabs on each other so…
My corner of Facebookia is teeming with references to the Winter 2011 Residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts, my alma mater #3 (and the third time truly was a charm) from which I earned an MFA in writing almost six months ago. Now some great friends and fellow writers are gathering to earn their…
Even when I’m not reading about memory, I find I’m suddenly reading about memory. In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Jay McInerney visits El Bulli, "the world’s best restaurant,” run by chef Ferran Adrià. Before El Bulli closes to the public, McInerney got his chance to enjoy a 34-course meal. I read the article because…
In honor of Thanksgiving, some words about the powerful relationship between food and memory: “For me food and certain smells are tied to my identity, to my homeland. Woodsmoke curling up to an immense blue sky; woodsmoke perfuming my grandmother’s clothes, her skin … Even now and 3,000 miles away, I can see my mother…
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Suzanne Farrell Smith 