Catherine Lanser·Sep 13, 2021Passion: What You Do Even if No One NoticesI can hold my dad’s professional and passionate pursuits in my hand. They are an assortment of medals with pens with strong insignia. Red…
Catherine Lanser·Aug 22, 2021The House We Thought We PossessedThe metal inside the old peanut butter and mayonnaise jars weighed heavily in my arms as I carried them up from my dad’s basement workshop…
Catherine Lanser·Jul 11, 2021So Many Ways to Start a Story -I’ve been studying first lines and first pages of memoirs. I’ve rewritten mine at least a million times. Well, maybe not that many, but at…
Catherine Lanser·Feb 12, 2021Have you Been Writing? It’s ComplicatedAvoiding an oft-asked question and figuring out the real answer
Catherine Lanser·Nov 25, 2020The Word of the Year for 2020: Denial Ain’t Just a RiverThey say denial ain’t just a river, but 2020 has been flooded with it. From COVID debunkers to a president who won’t concede the election…
Catherine Lanser·Oct 8, 20202020: The Year it All Changed, Or Just a Blip?Is the pandemic a blip on the radar? Or will it have long-term lasting effects on the way we live? At a time when we can’t seem to agree…
Catherine Lanser·Aug 10, 2020Myths of the Mind: 20 Years After the Decade of the BrainDid you know it has been 20 years since the decade of the brain? The Decade of the Brain, from 1990–1999, was an initiative by the…
Catherine Lanser·Jul 20, 2020Book Review: The Opposite of Certainty — Finding Myself in the StoryI started reading The Opposite of Certainty, a memoir by Janine Urbaniak Reid, because it’s another story about someone with a brain tumor…
Catherine Lanser·Jun 7, 2020A Group of Artists is Showing How Words MatterAs a writer, words are important to me. I usually write quickly, but still choose my words carefully. When I type, my cursor usually…
