Martha White

Nov 25, 2024 | memoirland.substack.com | Lisa Gregoire |Martha White |Joelle Kidd |Ashley Ford

Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by Sari Botton, now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus,  Granta, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays.

Nov 25, 2024 | lithub.com | Martha White |E.B. White

In 1955, E.B. White wrote, “The two moments when New York seems most desirable, when the splendor falls all round about and the city looks like a girl with leaves in her hair, are just as you are leaving and must say goodbye and just as you return and can say hello.” Over the years, my grandfather became increasingly adept at this, both the leaving and the returning, and thankfully the writing about it.

Oct 18, 2024 | buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk | Martha White

Dorset Council chiefs have agreed to transform a care home in Bridport into the county’s first reablement centre. The former Sidney Gale care home will be converted into a recovery hub for elderly people. The 60-bed facility will offer short-term intensive care and therapy in a home-like environment. A planning application is likely to come forward to planners at Dorset Council early next year and construction could begin in early 2026.

Jul 11, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Martha White

When Karen Schiro, an estate agent, realised she was suffering from burnout, she reached out to a burnout coach, Ellyn Schinke. “I knew that I was burned out and I just didn’t know how to fix it,” she said. Over six months of weekly video calls, Schiro (45) learned how to pare down her overloaded to-do lists.

Apr 28, 2024 | portfolio.bisanet.org | Martha White |Michael Fischer

Baby boomers have trillions of dollars in wealth that some economists predict will have a significant impact on their millennial-aged children when they inherit the assets. But experts say that the narrative of millennials’ paying off debts and wielding greater spending power is complex, betraying a generational divide. Boomers say their children live beyond their means. Millennials say their parents don’t have a clue how expensive it is to raise a family today.