After stumbling upon the family history of my mother-in-law a small idea that was already growing in my mind began to surface more clearly. Here was a woman who had seen many decades of life and recorded them. For years we’d heard many of her “stories”, the invention of the ball point pen that caused such an excitement in her day, the invention of toilet paper which was a dream come true for young people like herself who dreaded having…
“Are you really a writer?” the grey haired clerk in the shop asked me one balmy Friday afternoon as I dashed in to stock-up on a few needed flours before I collected my husband from work. I stood awkwardly at the counter wondering how to answer her, but more curious as to why she’d asked me that question in the first place when her phone bleated out and I was saved, momentarily, from having to answer the question. In that…
Hello, and welcome to Ink Stained Paper Cuts! I’m so glad you’re here and would love to introduce myself and show you around. Of course, there isn’t much to show you because this is a website, and you probably know your way around wherever you may be sitting while you read this. Let’s pretend though, that you’re sitting in the most glorious home library you’ve encountered. It has lush and comfy chairs that you can sit down on and feel…