by mylinhshattan | Oct 14, 2020 | On Life, On Writing, Stories
AVAILABLE on PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm  This is the first in a series of True Stories for the season, of eerie occurrences, deathly visits, haunted rooms, and childhood visions. EPISODE 1        In the House Fall is the season when... 
by mylinhshattan | Apr 25, 2020 | On Education, On Life, On Literature, Poetry for Emergencies, Stories
Does she or doesn’t she? Do you recognize this from the 1956 ad campaign? Does it elicit unsavory thoughts? This Hall-of-Fame advertising slogan was used for Clairol’s Hair Color and within six years seventy percent of women were dying their hair. Maybe you remember... 
by mylinhshattan | Feb 5, 2015 | On Life, On Literature, On Writing
Marginalia as a word may bring forth varying associations, but focus on the first two syllables for its meaning, as opposed to the last. Readers write in books along the margins, on the flyleaf, making various marks, scribbles, appendages and annotations. As a... 
by mylinhshattan | Oct 28, 2014 | On Life, On Literature, Stories
I visited Rochester, Minnesota last week and stayed at the Ivy Lodge where the brothers William and Charles Mayo once resided. Often confused with the Mayowood Mansion, today the lodge is the home of good friends who suffer an endless parade of visitors mistaking...