I wrote a persuasive proposal for a MFA and now I have to do it In June of this year I started a new project, a project I cannot help but describe as audacious every time I consider it. I am old, tired and broke but I have committed to write a book about my … Continue reading Sea Change – A Memoir
Home Economics
From Mount Allison to the world – How my Grandmother Margaret (Hockin) Harrington (‘32, LLD ‘54) changed lives across continents
Read more at https://mta.ca/record/issues/2025-winter/mount-allison-world A tantalizing tidbit and just the tip of the iceberg - a small piece on my grandmother for Mount Allison's Alumni Magazine, Record.
The Alysa Liu Approach
I have stopped writing my lighthearted blogs just for myself, conjured out of flashes of thoughts and images, tapped out when I have a moment, free and easy, sometimes funny, often emotional. The mama, the writer, the daughter, the sister, just saying her piece and giving it away free. Sometimes with typos. I haven’t pursued … Continue reading The Alysa Liu Approach
Grandmas
I only had one grandmother that I remember that was a full bodied person who lived in society and that was my Grandma Margaret, my mom's father's second wife. They named me after her, as far as I can tell, though not much was made of that and my parents were strict in their use of Meg instead of Margaret.
Notes from a Sinking Isthmus 