Dementia support websites often urge relatives of people with dementia to compile photo albums of the person’s past as memory triggers or conversation pieces. Photo: Photo Albums for Dementia Patients In our house, I used to be the person in charge of the photo albums —back in the day when photos still had a final form […]
So what if life does NOT give you lemons? According to my grandson Kanye (10), get a business loan from your parents, buy 11 packets of lemonade flavored mix, and open a lemonade stand! Saturday July 1st 11 am-1 pm on the corner of 600 South and Emerson Street (just south of Liberty Park), Salt […]
I got a lovely e-mail from Michelle Aielli, Associate Publisher | Executive Director of Publicity at Hachette Books | Black Dog & Leventhal: “I’m so pleased to share that the LitHub excerpt is live right now! Here it is in all its glory – I think it came out very well: http://lithub.com/field-notes-from-my-dementia/ It is also promoted right […]
This page is a copy of the article in ShelfAwareness. To read it on their website, go to ShelfAwareness and scroll down to “The Writer’s Life.” Or else, read it below. (Main image credit) The Writer’s Life Gerda Saunders: Field Notes on Dementia photo: Peter Saunders Gerda Saunders is former associate director of the Gender […]
I’m in pre-publication euphoria—my book is getting such great attention. I am so happy about this. Why then, did my day-in-the-material-world suck? These are a few of the energy-draining events I remember: Olfactorily, I should be fine all day long—this morning I sprayed my underarms with “natural citrus” bathroom spray. The stuff is oily, I […]
What a day, what a film crew, what a woman! Credit for main photo, and above: Today Show producer, Robert Powell. Yes, yesterday Maria Shriver came to visit the Sugarhood Neighborhood (as our not-so-upscale part of Sugarhouse near State Street is fondly called). There she was across from me in our back garden: the Peabody- and […]