memoir – Nell Carroll Photography

Shuffling into 2024

I got caught up in a wonderful visit from my son for the holidays so I neglected the updates in favor of quality time watching him play on his computer with his friends at my dining room table. To be fair to him, he asked if I minded him being online. It’s like a bigContinue reading “Shuffling into 2024”

Surprises around every corner

A huge project I had on my list was to get brush piles cleaned up and trees trimmed. I needed to do this so I can put up a fence in the back yard. The dogs will love to be outside off leash. We have wildlife to entertain them for hours. However, the brush pilesContinue reading “Surprises around every corner”

Change is Scary

I’d intended to move out of Texas once my son was settled in college. In my divorce decree, my ex made a provision that it would be fine for me to move before then but I had a steady job and a life I liked in Texas so it was not difficult to stay. WithContinue reading “Change is Scary”

Tenby, Wales part 2

Tenby, Wales 1985 I watched the green hills of Wales fly by me from my seat on the train. At 20, I was used to traveling alone but there was always someone to meet on the other side. I tried to convince myself that I was returning to the small Welsh town to work onContinue reading “Tenby, Wales part 2”

Pearls for Mom

I promised stories so here we go….. My parents loved Oahu and decided to invest in a timeshare to be used every other year. They went several times before my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His last trip to the island was a month before he passed. My mother then took my sister whenContinue reading “Pearls for Mom”

Writing and Publishing

Well sorry for the clickbait title but this is less about how to write and get published and more about me deciding that I am going to use this platform to publish my memoir writing. I have dozens of short stories about intense experiences that I need to free from my memory bank. Intense toContinue reading “Writing and Publishing”

Creative Types

I am a creative. It’s taken me years to own this, although I have always known it. I’m not the sort of person who can be creative on demand, like when you go to a meeting and the corporate types say, “Send us your creative, outside-the-box suggestions”. How can you be creative on the spot?Continue reading “Creative Types”

Why is this so hard?

I am not discussing photography today so feel free to move along. I am going to rant about book publishing and my journey to nowhere. I wrote my post divorce memoir in 2017. I thought it was good to go. I was wrong. I had writer friends and journalist friends edit it. We worked onContinue reading “Why is this so hard?”