Alaina Leary is my intern this semester with Beetle Press. She has been helping me with dozens of writing projects, and about a month ago, she wrote a series of blogs about the death of her mother,
Local writers
Reviewing a Colleague’s Work
Fred Contrada is a longtime reporter for The Republican of Springfield. I know Fred because in the late 80s and early 90s, we were colleagues, working together at the newspaper in its Northampton
In Advance of Mount Holyoke’s Write Angles Conference
On Nov. 16, I will take part in Mount Holyoke College’s annual Write Angles Conference, a daylong series of offerings for creative writers in the Valley and beyond.
The Miracle of Hospice – and Fate
It was fated that I would meet Cathy Truehart of Southampton.
Book on Six Widows is Poignant, Humorous
Note: This is the third of three parts. Click here to read from the beginning. There are so many tender, poignant moments in Becky Aikman’s book “Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six
Meet the Friends in ‘Saturday Night Widows’ Book and Celebrate Women and Life
Note: This is the second of three parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I’ve been reading author Becky Aikman’s book, “Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their
Six Widows to Discuss How They Reinvented Themselves at April 25 Event for Women
Note: This is the first of three parts. Becky Aikman is a journalist like me. And like me, she lost her husband, Bernard Lefkowitz, to cancer. That was in 2004 when Becky was 49.
Another Perspective
Joanne E. Sullivan of West Springfield knows grief.