Tag Archives: Memoir

KINDLE VELLA, ONE MORE TRY

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

I know this isn’t what I’m supposed to say when promoting a new project, but Kindle Vella, Amazon’s new-last-year episodic format for storytelling did not impress me. When it launched, it was made for cell phone reading, something one … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Talk, Sci-fi & Fantasy | Tagged #catwriters, #catwritersassociation, #crazycatladycozymysteries, About cats, book launch, cold, dead, inspirational, Kindle Vella, Memoir, Portand Oregon, writing | 6 Comments

LOST POEMS

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Mollie Hunt

I’ve been writing my poetry for some time, ever since someone mistakenly called me a poet. I replied, No, I’ve never penned a poem in my life, then sat down and began to write. I haven’t stopped since. Looking back … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Secret Soul | Tagged anxiety, inspirational, Memoir, poetry, verse | 6 Comments

No. 4858

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Mollie Hunt

The following is an excerpt from a personal letter I wrote to a dear friend in Canada. I am very candid about my views. I’m not attempting to start a debate or initiate an argument. This is merely a moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber, memoir | Tagged American history, change, conflict, George Floyd, History, Memoir, reaction action, the 60s | 5 Comments

GRIEF AND THE CIRCLE GAME

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Mollie Hunt

****Warning: This is not a happy post. Art by Qakie I’ve been off the grid. You may have noticed, but probably not. That’s okay. If you’re anything like me, social media is a constant, incoming tide of information, ideas, … Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Dying, Emotion, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Secret Soul | Tagged cats, death, grief, life goes on, Memoir, persistence, sad, saying goodby | 27 Comments

MY LIFE IN CATS

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Mollie Hunt

How does someone end up a sixty-six-year-old cat lady? I think it was destined, because some of my earliest memories are of cats. This is Two and me in 1958. He was the cat I was going to marry. Two … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Getting Older, Life Through Amber, memoir | Tagged cats, Childhood memories, inspirational, Memoir, my cats, old pictures, photos | 12 Comments

THREE PICTURES

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Mollie Hunt

I’m looking at a picture of my parents. My father in a plaid shirt and turtleneck, standing arms across his chest, smiling. My mother sitting, outside somewhere, the green of grass for background. Legs crossed ladylike, cigarette in hand. … Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Dying, Getting Older, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber, memoir | Tagged contemplating death, generations, Getting Older, Memoir, pictures and thoughts | 10 Comments

SCHRÖDINGER’S TRUNK, reblogged from the Fire Star Press Blogsite

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Mollie Hunt

Read my post on the Fire Star Press Blogsite: SCHRÖDINGER’S TRUNK, by Mollie Hunt, Cat Writer

Posted in Life Through Amber, memoir | Tagged Fire Star Press, Memoir, nostalgia | 2 Comments

ECLIPSE

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Mollie Hunt

I watched the eclipse. In Portland, Oregon and thereabouts, everyone did. On August 21, 2017, every local soul was outside with their eclipse glasses on, staring at the sun. It was cool, amazing, wonderful, surprising, and phenomenal, all rolled … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Through Amber, Local Fair, memoir, Portland | Tagged eclipse, eclipse 2017, Memoir, our place in the universe, Portand Oregon | 4 Comments

CAT LADY, CRAZY OR GREAT?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Mollie Hunt

Last night I went to dinner with friends. We talked, not of clothes or makeup, not of shopping or movies or places we had been, not of husbands or children or illnesses we were experiencing. We didn’t even discuss … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, My Cat Cozies | Tagged Cat Behavior, Cat heroes, cats, Crazy Cat Lady, Crazy Cat Person, Love Cats, Memoir, relationships with cats | 4 Comments

MY FATHER WAS AN IMMIGRANT

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Mollie Hunt

My father was an immigrant. He escaped Germany and came to the United States in 1937. He didn’t talk much about his past, but he did tell about his first sighting of the Statue of Liberty. How beautiful, how great, … Continue reading →