All of Me – On Sale Now James Porteous has been collecting stories for as long as he can remember. Perhaps collecting is the wrong word. People have always loved sharing their stories and I have always enjoyed listening. And taking notes. So think of this collection as an anti-memoir memoir, a fictional version … More All of Me – on sale now
I didn’t have a job -a real job- for the longest time. I wasn’t lazy, really. I just didn’t know what I wanted to do. So I didn’t do much of anything. All of Me – A collection of oral biographies On sale now
Delta Dawn had been a Burlesque Dancer in New Orleans, Louisiana for just over ten years. Some people do not understand what that even means, but she enjoys the burlesque world. It suits her bubbly personality, she says. All of Me – A collection of oral biographies. On sale now.
Ronnie Benson, 88, is an old-time comedian. “Not vaudeville,” he says. “Just after that.” He still enjoys comedy but some of the ‘new stuff’ leaves him cold. “If I wanted cold I never would have moved to Florida,” he says. All of Me – A collection of oral biographies On sale now https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XQG3G5
Bonnie Kirkpatrick, 37, does not hide her problems with depression. She says talking about it helps her deal with it. Otherwise she she would be ‘hiding from the truth.’ But she does wonder if perhaps her ‘truth’ does make it more difficult for others, including her young daughter. All of Me – A collection of … More Depression is Depressing
Don Quayle, 47, is a man of faith. Sort of. He is not an ordained minister, but he does have a church. And a congregation. According to Quayle, there is only thing missing: The Presence of God. All of Me – on Sale now
Dora Explora (not her real name) and Dr. Sinclair Mahlon (his “American alias”) emigrated to the United States from Panama when they were in their early 20s. Although fully trained, Sinclair never found steady work as a doctor in America. At least not a legal doctor. All of Me – On Sale now
I was a 16-year-old Canadian in the summer of 1970 when two friends and I decided we would hitch-hike to Florida. It took us five days just to get to Georgia. No one wanted to pick us up. And then it got worse. We spent two days in the parking lot of a small gas … More On the Road with Aretha Franklin
Maggie (no last name) does not accept the notion that she has had a hard life. It is just life, she says. Sometimes things are good and sometimes they are bad. You take whatever comes your way and that is that. All of Me – On sale Now
Daniel Mortimer, 55, works odd jobs. In both senses of the term. He says he is a card-carrying-member of None of the Above. He is a ‘weekday warrior,’ fighting the Good Fight on behalf of whatever causes come his way. But sometimes he wonders if he has been fighting the fight for so long that … More Fighting the Good Fight
