Linda Howe Steiger
Writing a poem is like
 dropping a rose petal
down the Grand Canyon
and waiting for the echo.
--Don Marquis
  • Mysteries
    • An Author Interview
  • Memoir
    • How to write your memoir >
      • 1 Scenes from your Life
      • 2 The Notebook >
        • Memory Bank Headings
        • Notebook Categories
      • 3 The timeline
      • 4 Floor plans
      • 5 Lists
      • 6 The Story Behind that Photo
    • Stepfather
    • Memoir Quotes
  • Travel Photos
    • Cambodia & Vietnam
    • Paris
    • Aussie travels 2017
    • Spain 2017 >
      • Spain slideshow
    • American Road Trip
    • Back to the Future: Ohio, PA, and NJ
    • New York City
    • Colorado Plateau
    • Pacific Northwest
    • Turkish Discovery
    • Return to Turkey
    • Ireland
    • Netherlands
    • Russia: Moscow to Petersburg
    • Italy at Last
  • About
    • Contact Me
You may read my mother's memoir below (click on the rectangular icon in at the lower right to fill screen), or download a pdf version to print or send to your e-reader, but please do not otherwise use, sell, or reprint this copyrighted work without permission from me, the copyright holder. My mother died January 3, 2000, she was 89 years old and determined to breath the air of the twenty-first century, if only for a moment. Enjoy.
Copyright by Linda Howe Steiger 2012-2013, all rights reserved