Carol Ramsey writes, performs and teaches the true, personal story. She has performed her stories in Austin, Houston, Chicago and London. She builds community on Facebook at Austin Storytelling.
Recent Stories
The Rock That Swallows Mothers(Illustration courtesy of esplanade.com) When I was a […]
Constantly by Cliff Richard or How I Learned English
Bucktooth(image courtesy of Vintage Everyday) When my mother […]
Chapter 4. Challenges and CelebrationsThose times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing […]
Chapter 3. Coping With Change1943 – The shelves in German stores may have […]