In Laura’s Words
I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner…to provide relief for myself and others. It’s the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates.
May my words land in your heart.
yours, Laura
Summer Reading List
Recently, I asked my Facebook friends to share their favorite all time book. Here are those unedited results, in the order in which they arrived. Not sure if any of these is what you might call "beach reading," but it's one helluva list. Reads like a poem. Enjoy! And...
Lost in Translation?
A lot of things have been blessings in disguise from this journey of book, but one of the greatest ones has been knowing that my words are reaching people all over world. Wow. Wow. The UK has been amazing. So have been the Auzzies and Germans. Thank you. Hearing...
Memorial Day Re-visited
Every year Memorial Day gets a little easier. My father died on this day, May 31st, seven years ago. He would have been an old man by now. He would have been miserable. He couldn't stand it that his 86 year old body wouldn't let him skim down the stairs at the...
The Year My Mother Hit the Road
If you haven't stepped into my house during the day, you wouldn't know what it sounds like. There is NPR on low in the kitchen, an occasional UPS delivery and thusly, the occasional sounds of a golden retriever and a black lab barking, gravel being rolled over by...
For Mother’s Day
For all the mothers out there, this is for you, but especially for mine. From my Huffington Post blog My mother always says, “Once a mother, always a mother.” Growing up, I never really liked the sound of that. I thought it was sort of Bates Motel. What...
Book Tour– In case you wondered…
I just returned from a month on the road, promoting my paperback of THIS IS NOT THE STORY YOU THINK IT IS. It was a fast forward into spring, the rolling hills of Ohio budding with forsythia and the pink pointillism of fruit trees, the Japanese magnolias bursting on...
Spring-blind
Today is Easter and I am officially on vacation after what has been a wonderful two plus weeks on the road. Thanks to all of you who came to my readings. I met some truly phenomenal people. As I sat here in Florida watching the Atlantic ocean this morning at dawn,...
Emotions Are Our Choice!
Choosing Your Emotions Instead of Letting Them Choose You As seen on the Huffington Post You may have read my essay about my marital crisis in the Modern Love column... You may have read my essay about my marital crisis in the New York Times Modern Love column in...
Advice From the Now Writer Me…to the Then Writer Me.
By Laura Munson (in several incarnations) Published in Author Magazine Okay. You know those words that you fling into the ocean and the sinking sun every time you’re standing on an eastern facing beach? Those sometimes spoken, sometimes thought words that come out...
