Sister Trip 2024

 

My sister and I have the wonderful tradition now of going on a Sister Trip on the anniversary of John's birthday/death. This year, we went to Mobile, Alabama. It was a fun-filled, frigid time. Since it was a few days after Mardi Gras, we could tell the parade route by the trees laden with necklaces. We visited the DAR House, the History Museum of Mobile, The USS Alabama and Drum, Fort Conde, the Mardi Gras Museum, Bellingrath Home and Gardens, two cemeteries, candy shop (perhaps more than once), and other places, too. Also tradition, we got cake pops to honor John's birthday. We stayed at the Malaga Inn, built in the 1860s and probably haunted. Ready for our next adventure!

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AN ASSORTMENT OF TRUTHS AND TALES compiles over twenty writings by award-winning author, Laura G. Cogdill. Follow a path through flash fiction, memoir, poetry, and inspirational words sprinkled with humor, hope, romance, and time travel. 

You may even uncover a few secrets about me!

AN ASSORTMENT is available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Assortment-Truths-Tales-Laura-Cogdill-ebook/dp/B0CCX1J2JV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BQKH9GUA9YJQ&keywords=laura+g+cogdill&qid=1691956744&sprefix=laura+g+%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1

Another Short Story on Amazon

 

"A Long Time Coming"    (click for link)

Troy and Caroline have been best friends as long as they can remember. When Troy moves away and finds his true love, where will his friendship with Caroline fit in?

More Stickies from John

I am still finding sticky notes left by John for me. Recently, I culled through more of his books, careful to check for messages by flipping the pages slowly. 

One day, John asked me the number you call when you need help. 

(He couldn't remember 911.) 

I wrote it on this card for him and he kept it by his chair.

Found it tucked in a book also.

Author photos updated

Thankful for Polished Arrow Photography for my latest author photos.

Latest Short Story

How much fun could you stir up, locked in a department store all night?
Buck fears his acting career is unredeemable when he signs up to “rough it” in a century-old, struggling department store as a publicity stunt.
Grace forces a little fun on her sister, Estelle, by purposefully leaving her behind in a store after closing hours, to stumble upon her teenage, heartthrob crush. Will her daydreams come true?

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Dream-Laura-Cogdill-ebook/dp/B073XDDQGX/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=laura+g+cogdill&qid=1596115439&sr=8-4

On Love, Language, and Loss

Liquidating Life was featured in a magazine article which asked the question, "How do we know what other people think, except through language?  How do we know them, if they cannot express what they think or feel?  Such are the predicaments that these writers address, as they explore how brain injury can affect a relationship, a life."

Four books were compared:  One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir; To Love What Is:  A Marriage Transformed; Liquidating Life; Still Alice.

The author of the article, Joyce Meier, addresses results of a stroke, injuries sustained in a fall, a brain tumor, and Alzheimer's, and the affects on how communication changes and the frustrations and breakthroughs that come with it.

She also used her skills as a writing professor to critique the actual writing of the books, covering the styles of each author and how their word choices reflect their experiences.

It was an honor to be included in this group of authors who dared to show their walk through many tough days with their loved one.

"Fourth Genre:  Exploration in Nonfiction"
Volume 17, Number 2, Fall 2015;  pp. 189-196
Michigan State University Press

Liquidating Life: An Almost Daily Account of a Journey With Brain Cancer is available at amazon.com.