Life Stories of OLLI Members

Writing From Our Lives

The OLLI writing class instructor, Lynne Kaufman, recently gave her students the assignment to write a story based on something that they had personally experienced. The stories covered the gamut of human experiences from tragic to amusing. The stories are too long to print in The Oracle, but a few class members agreed to make their stories available on the internet. If you would like to read any of the stories listed below, just click on the title:
 

• The Good Enough Daughter
  Confronting the conflict within myself between my mother's needs and my own.
  
• Diglorgio Farms by Sue Missimer
  Sue found a different world just 100 miles away from home.
   
• Red Hair by Donna Casella
  Is red hair a curse or a blessing?
   
• Honoring the Sabbath by Sandy Steinman
  Nobody knew what to expect when Grandma Gussie came to dinner.
   
• A Grandparents Joy by Dyan Pike
  A grandmother enjoys every moment with her grandson – until his family moves away
   
• Living the Dream by Janice Cotton
  Where did all the beatniks go?