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While the Bombs Fell by Robbie Cheadle and Elsie Hancy Eaton

Posted on November 29, 2019 by cathleentownsend — 20 Comments

There’s a saying about real life: it’s very poorly organized. In fiction, we can have our make-believe people say all the right things in all the right places, craft our villains into anything from being totally evil to fatally misunderstood,…

Tagged with: memoir, Robbie Cheadle, While the Bombs Fell, World War II
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized

The Great American Eclipse

Posted on September 13, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 22 Comments

I hope that (geography willing) you managed to view the Great American Eclipse. Originally, I’d planned on driving to Oregon for the event. I live in northern California, and we have a fishing boat berthed near Coos Bay, less than…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, Great American Eclipse, memoir
Posted in My Stories

Race Day

Posted on July 22, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 24 Comments

I have always felt that real sailing belongs on the ocean blue. The tang of the salt air, the gulls wheeling overhead, the playful barks of the sea lions as they swam to investigate our nineteen foot Prindle racing catamaran—they…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, flash fiction, memoir, sailing catamaran racing
Posted in My Stories

Addicted to Dimes by Catherine Townsend-Lyon

Posted on May 4, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 21 Comments

I’ve never liked going to casinos much. It’s not just the completely artificial environment, nor knowing that all the games are rigged to favor the house. It’s the sheer desperation wafting off some of the casino patrons. People are ruining…