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Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

December 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Bandit, a Daughter's Memoir is such an exceptional memoir that I'm not sure I can do it justice. Memory comes back to us in bits and pieces, discordant vignettes that we try to stitch into a narrative … Continue reading >>

Anticipating a holiday family food fight?

November 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In this heated political climate, I don't want to be in the middle of a family food fight during the holidays. When I visit relatives who have a vastly different stance on the election than me, I will … Continue reading >>

Birthdays After You Lose a Child

September 29, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I vividly remember the moment Derek was born. The doctor laid him across my chest and there he was, my first baby -- his round face like a pale moon, his eyes open and unblinking, his little body warm … Continue reading >>

Brief History of a Forty-Year Long Marriage

August 15, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Luv Pub It sounds like a cliche: I met my husband after last call in the Brown Derby Luv Pub in Independence, OH, where people danced on a lighted disco floor to a live "house band." There might … Continue reading >>

Lawn Kitsch

July 25, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My Neighborhood I spotted this donkey, deer family, lighthouse, gazing ball, and Dutch children in one front yard in a section of houses built in the fifties. The children are supposed to be … Continue reading >>

Nickels, Pickles and Chewing Gum

May 9, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Getting my 8 year-old granddaughter to memorize something to exercise her brain wasn't my intention, but it sure turned out to be fun for us both. Choo'n Gum As I drove her to my house for a … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line