Wildwood Press

One doesn’t have to be a successful author to write their memoirs! Think of the times that have meant the most in your life! Make a list. Write down these times. Start with ten memories that really touch your soul! Then, pick one! Answer these ten questions: •    When did this happen? •    Where did [...]

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I love hearing from new friends! I just received this really nice letter from Judy Granlund Daft who says she enjoyed reading my first book, The Wishing Years, but even more so A Tree Grows in Trout Creek! Here’s what else she wrote: “Growing up 5 miles east of Negaunee, between Marquette and Negaunee on [...]

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Nancy and I were always ready to go over to Lenny’s Soda Bar after band practice! Nothing tasted better than a cherry coke for me and a lime phosphate for Nancy! Those were the days! Did you have a soda fountain in your hometown?

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The exciting news is that A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, my new book of memoirs—a collection of stories about growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—is only one week old, but copies have already gone out to 31 out of 50 U.S. states! The author couldn’t be more excited! Book orders have been [...]

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Here’s some hometown news from Joanne Coffin Ilkin, an old friend from Stambaugh High School. To both preserve a family memory and give her daughter Pinar a gift at the same time, she wrote the following play: Real life characters: Cecelia: Joanne’s friend. Pinar: Joanne’s daughter. The action takes place at a 2006 All-School Reunion [...]

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This is one of the many years I dressed up as a gypsy for Halloween! These costume pieces were from my Grandmother Amanda’s trunk: a green silky skirt dotted in gold, a black and white polka dotted blouse and a red headscarf. Oh my, what fun dressing up was! A chance to legally wear make-up, [...]

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This is the year I dressed as a witch to go Trick or Treating. My grandmother had moved to California and promised to send me a kitten. In the mail, came this wonderful surprise: a cotton and straw-filled white cat by Steiff. Just in time for Halloween! I had quite a time lugging around the [...]

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For special events at school we dressed up to the hilt! A band concert was a reason to go shopping at Krom’s Department Store, Scott’s Smartwear or Irene’s Dress Shop for that new fancy dress. My favorite find was an iridescent blue-grey-pink full-skirted ankle-length dress. That dress went with me not only to a band [...]

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My favorite teacher was my 10th grade English teacher, Miss Helen Dunham. She was also our Thespian Troup drama director.  She took us on trips, worked with us on forensic pieces and opened new worlds of stage and theater to us! She was more than a teacher; she was a friend!

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The new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, (which has been in publication for the past six weeks) is finally in print! And it’s beautiful! Copies are here and ready for shipping. I’m getting them autographed and to the post office as fast as I can. So hang on…yours (if you ordered) will be [...]

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