Telling Life’s Stories by Lynne Strang (Guest Post)
Later Bloomers make excellent personal historians. As their awareness of time’s fleeting nature increases, so does an interest in capturing and preserving life memories.
Later Bloomers make excellent personal historians. As their awareness of time’s fleeting nature increases, so does an interest in capturing and preserving life memories.
After decades as a customs inspector, Henri Rousseau picked up a brush and taught himself to paint at age 40. He submitted his work to the official Salon, but they rejected him for lack of skill. Rousseau refused to give up.
What do Miguel de Cervantes, Bram Stoker, Lee Child, Claire Cook, and a lot of my friends have in common? They’re all scriveners who published their first book past their fifth decade!
Beloved “Goonies” actor Anne Ramsey fought through cancer to a late-blooming Oscar nomination for “Throw Momma From The Train.” We lost her too soon, but she lived her dream to the end.
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