Notes on Life Archives - Page 21 of 23

No Need to Say I Love You – My Father

June 21, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

An endless source of amusement: He always had a joke to tell, a funny story, or did something to make me laugh. He could take the two parts of whatever it was that I was crying over and make them … Continue reading >>

Necking in the Willow Theater: First Kiss

June 20, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Fiction draws from real life The small town of Nopiming in In the Context of Love is loosely modeled after my hometown, Independence, Ohio. Characters Angelica and Joe's first date are to the Maple … Continue reading >>

Let your children be who they are

January 21, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Support comes in different forms I was sharing some fabulous photos of my mother, who passed away in 2013, when a childhood friend asked me if she was supportive of my writing. My first impulse … Continue reading >>

Derek’s Black Hill Spruce

August 14, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Nature can help us understand so many things about life. My eldest child took his own life in the fall of 2011 at age thirty two. As a mother, no matter how many counselors, doctors and friends … Continue reading >>

A Writer Visits Père Lachaise

June 30, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I feel as if I only touched the surface of the beauty of this extraordinary cemetery in Paris. For a writer, Père Lachaise is a magical place of wonder and inspiration at … Continue reading >>

Visiting Jim Morrison

June 20, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

At last, I was here I stared at his monument in awe, flushed and a little woozy, thinking about how much this long-haired, leather-clad icon has meant to me over the years. The makeshift … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line