Category Archives: Autobiographical Writing

Let Me Tell You About Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Gene Stewart

My mother, in her early 50s, thought she had the flu so she went to the doctor and promptly had a heart problem sitting on the exam table. Valve flutter, something she’d been told of, and ignored, her whole life. … Continue reading →

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Plane Rain

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Gene Stewart

In 1977 I think it was, I was on a plane traveling from Germany stateside. As we approached Newfoundland everyone’s ears popped, and it began raining inside the cabin. Attendants passed out blankets to hold over our heads. The two … Continue reading →

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Statement of Gratitude

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

I never studied writing under anyone famous or cool, but my English teachers all ate out of my hand, and one, Chase Sanborn, (David?), was the only one who took compassionate measures with me by one day walking me after … Continue reading →

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Whence the Anger?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Where I got this visceral, abiding hatred for brutes and bullies, this implacable determination to capture violence and its consequences in words and images, I cannot figure out… Continue reading →

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Witch Tree

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…I told him this was a witch tree and that the spirit of a witch lived in it, and if he cut it down the witch would have nowhere to go… Continue reading →

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