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Saturdays with Seniors: From Newsboy to Newspaperman

October 3, 20205 CommentsPosted in guest blog, memoir writing, writing prompts

I am pleased to introduce Howard Marks as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. The essay he wrote when I assigned “My Grandfather’s Job” pays homage to his maternal grandfather for exposing 12-year-old Howard to the merits of quality journalism. After graduating high school, Howard studied at the University of Illinois-Chicago and became editor-in-chief […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Karen Perseveres

September 19, 20203 CommentsPosted in guest blog, memoir writing, teaching memoir, writing prompts

I am pleased to introduce Karen Fontaine as our Saturdays with Seniors guess blogger today. A Professor emeritus in the College of Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing at Purdue University Northwest, Karen has three children and three grandchildren. ”I am fortunate to be part of a racially diverse family,” she says. Her son Jean-Marc is a […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Rita Revisits the 1963 March on Washington

August 29, 20206 CommentsPosted in guest blog, memoir writing, politics, public speaking

Yesterday, August 28, was the 57th anniversary of The historic March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Today’s Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger Rita Sussman was there that day, and she generously agreed to let us publish her memories of that historic event. by Rita Sussman […]

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