DORIS CLARK

I never really left home. Home pretty much left me. I didn’t really mind at the time. It seemed like a big adventure. My mother meant no...

Aging is a mystery to me. Just when, and how, does it all happen? I look in the mirror and can see the physical changes. I look within...

We all have those special moments with our children and grandchildren that we hold dear. Moments that stand out among all of the moments...

Some people called her "Auntie Eileen." I called her Mom. She came from a time of strife. I was always told she was born in 1912,...

Refinishing Project, Part Deux

This seems to be a good time to start a project with being home so much. I usually am home a lot anyway, so I guess I am using the...

It’s April, 2020, and we are all hunkered down in our homes. Or we should be. Spring is in the air and I am sure everyone is antsy to go...

I am proud to announce that Anderson’s Bookshop, located at 123 W. Jefferson, in downtown Naperville, is now carrying Rowing My Boat...

I don’t dwell in the past as I once did. The future can be a little scary at times. But the Present Moment? I savor it. I do my best to...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Life has been a crazy kind of hectic lately.

What are you reading this week?

"Pick up your pen, Doris. Just write. . .

"She sure does get upset easy," I said"

"Grandma gave Maggie a hug too. As she pulled out of the driveway, I stood by the windo and waved goodbye to her. Maggie stood next to me."

An Unending Love This is the first of two books that I have read that were written by my editor, Jennifer Sweete. I wanted to get to know...

By Christina Baker Kline Erik Larson says that “A Piece of the World is an imagined fictional memoir of the woman in the Wyeth painting...

How I made it through revisiting my life's most challenging moments . . . Have you ever gotten in your car on a sunny morning in order to...

While going through troubling times in the past, it was often suggested to me to journal. Whether it be from family members, friends, or...