Articles written by Cathie Beck

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Award-winning writer, Cathie Beck's memoir, "Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship" will publish on October 6, 2009.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: When it's time to put your dog to sleep: 2 of 26

I'd been working toward being able to make that crushing, impossible decision for 10 years - which didn't make me any more ready than if I'd made the decision on the spur of the moment. She was psychotic, exuberant, impossible to contain. At 2 years, she was diagnosed with "Happy Tail," a condition that caused her tail to bur... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My spiritual journey and my relationship: 13 of 52
One afternoon, the whole lot of us walked to the park: my pregnant sisters, me, my kids and my mom. One of my kids was cranky and started screaming so my mom grabbed her and marched to the far side of the playground. She plopped them both down in one of those leather swings, the kind that make a 'U' at the bottom, and she too... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Defining moments: 17 of 41
Not every defining moment is crystal clear or even noticeable. It's not always the "high points" - the weddings, the graduations, the births - that makes us sit up and take notice. Sometimes a "defining moment" comes in the shape of a quiet person, a calm summer's evening, a whisper in the wind. I lost a dear friend unexpecte... More..