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Welcome to the Wider World of Nancy Conyers! Yes, I’m taking the plunge and dipping into the ponds I’ve crossed and the ponds I’ve lived in and I’m going to start blogging. I’m not sure yet how often I’ll be posting, but I do know I’ll be musing on the difference between traveling somewhere versus living there, and posting about things that have deep meaning to me after living in twelve cities on three continents in my adult life. I’ll also be talking about the craft and process of writing, and the concept of being a writer/calling yourself a writer before you’ve been published. I hope you’ll come along for the ride.Goodbye 2017!
I am SO ready to sweep 2017 into the dustbin. What a horrible year...the results of the election, a new low every frigging day since that disgraceful thing who's trying to pass as president took office. It's no fun being an American right now--whether you live in the...
Pussyhat Power!
tt This is the fabulous Krista Suh, one of the co-founders of the fabulous Pussyhat Project https://www.pussyhatproject.com wearing one of her fabulous Pussyhats. If you haven't heard of the Pussyhat Project by now you must be living under a rock so please climb out...
This Land Is My Land. This Man Is Not My President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3Chqt887E One of my favorite movies of all time is Working Girl. I've probably watched it over 20 times and I bet I've watched this opening scene close to 100 times. When the melodic strains of Carly Simon's "Let The River Run"...
One Hell Of A Woman
Bea Kreloff, one hell of an incredible, formidable, indomitable, optimistic, wonder-filled woman died on August 17th. She would have been 91 on September 11th. I remember Bea telling me how she and her partner, Edith, sat in their apartment at the Westbeth Artists...
13 Wise Grandmothers
Back in 2000 when we were living in Dallas, during the days of the bug-eyed hanging chads, I was listening to Diane Rehm one morning when she was interviewing Alice Walker about her new collection of stories, The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart. Because it was 2000...
Hupdaditty
What's Hupdaditty you ask? Hupdaditty is a new creative arts website that will go live in September. They've accepted one of my stories and also an essay that will be published in the first edition. Here's how Hupdaditty describes itself: At Hupdaditty we encourage...
Livin’ Life
As 2015 comes to an end, for the first time in two years, I'm looking back on a year filled with joy, wonder, a year where I resumed my life and my life with Libby. I understand and appreciate simple things like going to the supermarket together or cooking dinner...
It’s The People That Make A Place, Isn’t It?
Libby and I moved to Modena, Italy three and a half years ago. Because of getting treated for cancer in the US, I was only here for a little over one and a half of those years. As much as Italy drove me crazy when we moved here because I missed China so much,...
What A Difference A Year Makes
On this day last year Ramleen and Emily came over for lunch. We chatted while we ate and Emily breastfed Charlotte who was about two and a half months old at the time. I looked at the slight hint of ginger peach fuzz on Charlotte's head and thought thank god...
When You Don’t Really Need Words
This is Daria, the kindest person in Modena, Italy. She works at the most incredible salumeria (deli) I've ever been to, Hosteria Giusti, http://www.hosteriagiusti.it. Behind the deli is a small six table restaurant you have to walk through the kitchen to get to. They...