Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: Memoir Monday

  • Memoir Monday – Postcards from the Past

    Postcard 2 front

    Postcard 2 back

    This Monday is a found Memoir from strangers. (more…)

  • Memoir Monday – The Itch I Couldn’t Scratch

    Mary Louise w/ broken arm age 5
    Mary Louise w/ broken arm age 5

    Okay this prompt comes from A Friend from Far Far Away by Natalie Goldberg to write about an itch. Well there are two itches that came to mind. First was my case of chickenpox – saving that for when I find the photos. The other I have a photo, the itch under my cast. (more…)

  • Memoir Monday – Other People’s Memoirs

    Postcard 1 front

    Postcard 1 back

    I’ve decided not only will Monday be my memories but memories I find. I like to go through antique, resell shops, and see what’s there. I enjoy postcard affordable pieces of the past, glimpses into people’s lives from another time. It’s like eavesdropping in on text messages and e-mails today. So on some Mondays I’ll share a post card in my collection and transcribe the message as best I can. Then I offer you to speculate on the bigger story of the sender and receiver. Today’s is rather interesting I wonder how Miss Mattie’s lover has sinned. Did she answer soon as s/he asked? What does the choice of the postcard say about them? Why is the woman higher on the ladder? Why on the ladder to kiss any way? I give you my best transcription of the message.

    Oh if you catch an error in my transcription or can add to something I couldn’t make out let me know. (more…)

  • Memoir Monday – Bicycle

    Me and my newly discovered freedom of travel.
    Me and my newly discovered freedom of travel.

    I loved my bicycle. I really did. When we lived in town I didn’t ride much. Parents fretted about the busy streets. So most of my riding was always done on gravel. (more…)

  • Memoir Monday – Family Grams

    Nicole Tow graciously allowed me to use her scan of a familygram she send her husband. Be sure to check out her site and any copyrights to the image are hers.
    Nicole Tow graciously allowed me to use her scan of a familygram she send her husband. Be sure to check out her site and any copyrights to the image are hers.

    This was prompted by a question from The Book of Myself by Carl and David Marshall. It was to write about my experience with the military as an adult. Wow, for me that would being a Navy wife.  That experience take a few books. However the first thing that popped into my mind was familygrams. They take some explaining because they were only for the submarine force and aren’t used now. So read on for an explanation and tales of grams both mine an others. (more…)

  • Memoir Monday Introduction

    The required US legal disclaimer: All images are the property of their owners I reproduce them here under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law for commentary and critique
    The required US legal disclaimer: All images are the property of their owners I reproduce them here under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law for commentary and critique

    I’ve started doing scheduled postings and it has helped me get back to blogging regularly. I was pondering what could I do to add a regular day to my Anything Goes Tuesdays and Throwback Thursdays. I came up with Memoir Mondays where I tell a little memory of mine. It seems people think I’ve had an interesting life. I don’t think it’s anything beyond the mundane but I’ve been told it is. Maybe like many Southerners I have a great