If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it. ~ Toni Morrison “Toni Morrison – The Pieces I Am”, a 2019 documentary, was offered as a selection on a recent flight I took aboard American Airlines. I had heard aboutContinue reading “You Must Be The One To Write It”
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2020 Overhaul: New Book, New Site
Hello friends! It is 2020 and time for an overhaul, on many levels. I am sure you can feel this in your own lives. As for me, I put my newest book up online last week and then decided to overhaul my website. Many days later, I am now ready to present you with aContinue reading “2020 Overhaul: New Book, New Site”
Sneak Peek at New Book
I have some news for you my friends – I have been working on a new book this summer! It is still a work in progress but, targeted to be out in early 2020 if all goes well. I ask you, what would redress look like in Exeter?? Incident at Exeter Tavern ~ A MaryvonneContinue reading “Sneak Peek at New Book”
amplify HER voice
It is my conjecture that Kamala is participating in the creation of a new genre of book, and one that is sorely needed. Her book is a combination memoir, auto-biography, and political platform. Coming away from this bio-plat book you feel…
Who Writes Herstory?
Who writes history? It is time to re-examine traditional narratives and do some inclusive re-writes. For example, I would have bet money that my very “white” NH town had always been so. But I fell down a rabbit hole while looking for a rabbit, and found also that my town had the highest percentage ofContinue reading “Who Writes Herstory?”
Dark n’ Dreary 2018
Dark n’ Dreary in 2018 by RM Allen Hill. Ford. Hopefully there will never be another name added to this list. On September 27th I attended a “Solidarity Speak Out” on City Hall Plaza in Boston to show support for the courage of Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford. That same day she was to testify about herContinue reading “Dark n’ Dreary 2018”
Hot Flash at Night
Ballad of the Hot Flash at Night (to the tune of Beverly Hillbillies) Come and listen to a story ‘bout a woman in her bed For one full year all a-sweatin’ and a-red Then one day she had had it up to here Sat at her laptop and did a questionnaire (“bout getting oldContinue reading “Hot Flash at Night”
Guns and Roses (vote them out)
Guns and Roses by RM Allen, May 2018 “She’s got eyes of the bluest skies” is a line in one of my all-time favorite rock songs “Sweet Child of Mine” and today I am going to tell you a story about another child with blue eyes, my niece. Let’s call her Rose or just RContinue reading “Guns and Roses (vote them out)”
“The Grab” a #MeToo pop-up play
I wrote this 5-minute play because I couldnt’ find one. Feel free to use it. It is maximum impact and minimal fuss: all actors wear black and hold scripts onstage. Props needed: text book briefcase shrink-wrapped small plate of brownies diary and pencil large gloves on sticks, (like fireplace tongs) 3 monkey grinder vests, orContinue reading ““The Grab” a #MeToo pop-up play”
The Year of the Cat (a song for Earth Day)
The Year of the Cat by RM Allen, April 2018 “She comes out of the sun in a silk dress, running like a watercolor in the rain” is a memorable line from an old Cat Stevens song, and the way I feel this rainy EarthContinue reading “The Year of the Cat (a song for Earth Day)”
