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  1. Autobiographical and Memoir comics. Real stories told through sequential art. Discover poignant true tales at startercomicbooks.com. #MemoirComics #Autobiography #TrueStory #StarterComicBooks #GraphicMemoir #NonFictionComics #PersonalStories What makes you buy a variant: the artist, rarity, character, or potential value? startercomicbooks.com/?utm_sou

  2. Cerro de Pasco, Peru: The Plateau Above the World

    By Cliff Potts
    Bay Bay City, Leyte, Philippines — August 20, 2026

    This is a serialized installment from the autobiography of Cliff Potts.

    Above the Tree Line

    Cerro de Pasco sits more than 14,000 feet above sea level — a mining city carved into an Andean plateau where the air is thin and the sky feels close.

    We were above the tree line. No forests. No tall shade trees. Just low alpine growth, moss, mud, stone, and gullies cut by runoff. The land did not sit flat; it rose and dipped in shallow bowls and soft ridges that concealed deeper cuts in the earth.

    From our back gate, one direction led across open ground to a small red schoolhouse. The other direction sloped down through mossy gullies toward the town itself, separated from the Company compound by a fence that marked more than property.

    Two Worlds

    The compound functioned as an American enclave — structured housing, English-speaking management, a clubhouse at the center. Beyond the fence were Peruvian families whose lives were not tied to corporate schedules.

    Even as a child, I sensed the separation.

    Two worlds sharing one mountain.

    Thin Air

    The plateau was shaped by uplift and erosion, not ice sheets. The Andes rose because tectonic plates collided and refused to settle. Wind and water completed the work.

    At nine years old, geology did not matter. Breath did.

    The air was so thin that running any distance felt like borrowing oxygen from someone else. Every sprint ended sooner than expected.

    And yet, for six months, that high, exposed plateau was home.

    #1960sPeru #AmericanCompound #AndesPlateau #archivalRecord #autobiography #CerroDePascoPeru #Chapter6 #CliffPotts #lifeNarrative #memoirSerialization #serializedAutobiography
  3. Listened to Geddy Lee's autobiagraphy, "My Effin' Life" this weekend

    It was great to hear it in his ( and sometime Alex' ) voice

    Everybody should listen to Chapter 3 about what the Nazis did to his family and the families of many others

    As Geddy's mom used to always say, "It could happen again"

    Both of Ged's parents were holocaust survivors

    libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063159

    1/x

    #GeddyLee #Rush #RushIsABand #MyEffinLife #autobiography #AlexLifeson #NeilPeart #RushFans

  4. Listened to Geddy Lee's autobiagraphy, "My Effin' Life" this weekend

    It was great to hear it in his ( and sometime Alex' ) voice

    Everybody should listen to Chapter 3 about what the Nazis did to his family and the families of many others

    As Geddy's mom used to always say, "It could happen again"

    Both of Ged's parents were holocaust survivors

    libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063159

    1/x

    #GeddyLee #Rush #RushIsABand #MyEffinLife #autobiography #AlexLifeson #NeilPeart #RushFans

  5. Listened to Geddy Lee's autobiagraphy, "My Effin' Life" this weekend

    It was great to hear it in his ( and sometime Alex' ) voice

    Everybody should listen to Chapter 3 about what the Nazis did to his family and the families of many others

    As Geddy's mom used to always say, "It could happen again"

    Both of Ged's parents were holocaust survivors

    libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063159

    1/x

    #GeddyLee #Rush #RushIsABand #MyEffinLife #autobiography #AlexLifeson #NeilPeart #RushFans

  6. Listened to Geddy Lee's autobiagraphy, "My Effin' Life" this weekend

    It was great to hear it in his ( and sometime Alex' ) voice

    Everybody should listen to Chapter 3 about what the Nazis did to his family and the families of many others

    As Geddy's mom used to always say, "It could happen again"

    Both of Ged's parents were holocaust survivors

    libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063159

    1/x

    #GeddyLee #Rush #RushIsABand #MyEffinLife #autobiography #AlexLifeson #NeilPeart #RushFans

  7. Debut memoir deals with dating-app fatigue, fertility anxiety and egg-freezing
    By Ying-Di Yin

    Sheree Joseph always wanted to write the Great Australian Novel. Instead, her first book is a memoir about what happens when life doesn't live up to expectations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/she

    #Books #Author #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Autobiography #NonFiction #YingDiYin

  8. Debut memoir deals with dating-app fatigue, fertility anxiety and egg-freezing
    By Ying-Di Yin

    Sheree Joseph always wanted to write the Great Australian Novel. Instead, her first book is a memoir about what happens when life doesn't live up to expectations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/she

    #Books #Author #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Autobiography #NonFiction #YingDiYin

  9. Debut memoir deals with dating-app fatigue, fertility anxiety and egg-freezing
    By Ying-Di Yin

    Sheree Joseph always wanted to write the Great Australian Novel. Instead, her first book is a memoir about what happens when life doesn't live up to expectations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/she

    #Books #Author #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Autobiography #NonFiction #YingDiYin

  10. Debut memoir deals with dating-app fatigue, fertility anxiety and egg-freezing
    By Ying-Di Yin

    Sheree Joseph always wanted to write the Great Australian Novel. Instead, her first book is a memoir about what happens when life doesn't live up to expectations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/she

    #Books #Author #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Autobiography #NonFiction #YingDiYin

  11. Debut memoir deals with dating-app fatigue, fertility anxiety and egg-freezing
    By Ying-Di Yin

    Sheree Joseph always wanted to write the Great Australian Novel. Instead, her first book is a memoir about what happens when life doesn't live up to expectations.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/she

    #Books #Author #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Autobiography #NonFiction #YingDiYin

  12. 📖 Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #nonfiction

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978000

  13. 📖 Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #nonfiction

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978000

  14. 📖 Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #nonfiction

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978000

  15. 📖 Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #nonfiction

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978000

  16. 📖 Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #nonfiction

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978000

  17. "Longing for discourse with a gone procession of smoking caterpillars"
    Patti Smith, 'we were just kids'

    The depth of feeling and experience of when you're in your early twenties. Vivid deescription of the late sixties. The language lights it off the pages. Great read, beautiful story about love and friendship

    #book #books #quote #autobiography

  18. Rewriting My Books

    I’m rewriting my books-in-progress because they’re mainly a learning process. That has been working because I learned that some things I got wrong and I learned to improve my writing style. The three books are interconnected.

    1. Making a Better World: Understanding and Fixing our Broken Social Systems
    2. An autobiography
    3. Philosophical noteworks

    All on ericlawton.org

    #systemsThinking #Autobiography #Philosophy

    ericlawton.org/2026/07/29/rewr

  19. Rewriting My Books

    I’m rewriting my books-in-progress because they’re mainly a learning process. That has been working because I learned that some things I got wrong and I learned to improve my writing style. The three books are interconnected.

    1. Making a Better World: Understanding and Fixing our Broken Social Systems
    2. An autobiography
    3. Philosophical noteworks

    All on ericlawton.org

    #systemsThinking #Autobiography #Philosophy

    ericlawton.org/2026/07/29/rewr

  20. Rewriting My Books

    I’m rewriting my books-in-progress because they’re mainly a learning process. That has been working because I learned that some things I got wrong and I learned to improve my writing style. The three books are interconnected.

    1. Making a Better World: Understanding and Fixing our Broken Social Systems
    2. An autobiography
    3. Philosophical noteworks

    All on ericlawton.org

    #systemsThinking #Autobiography #Philosophy

    ericlawton.org/2026/07/29/rewr

  21. Rewriting My Books

    I’m rewriting my books-in-progress because they’re mainly a learning process. That has been working because I learned that some things I got wrong and I learned to improve my writing style. The three books are interconnected.

    1. Making a Better World: Understanding and Fixing our Broken Social Systems
    2. An autobiography
    3. Philosophical noteworks

    All on ericlawton.org

    #systemsThinking #Autobiography #Philosophy

    ericlawton.org/2026/07/29/rewr

  22. Rewriting My Books

    I’m rewriting my books-in-progress because they’re mainly a learning process. That has been working because I learned that some things I got wrong and I learned to improve my writing style. The three books are interconnected.

    1. Making a Better World: Understanding and Fixing our Broken Social Systems
    2. An autobiography
    3. Philosophical noteworks

    All on ericlawton.org

    #systemsThinking #Autobiography #Philosophy

    ericlawton.org/2026/07/29/rewr

  23. Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That

    This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.

    The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.

    "Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”

    Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”

    #Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History

  24. Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That

    This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.

    The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.

    "Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”

    Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”

    #Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History

  25. Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That

    This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.

    The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.

    "Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”

    Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”

    #Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History

  26. Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That

    This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.

    The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.

    "Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”

    Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”

    #Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History

  27. Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That

    This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.

    The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.

    "Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”

    Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”

    #Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History

  28. PXG’s Bob Parsons on his new autobiography: ‘I never regretted any decision that I made’ | Golf Equipment: Clubs, Balls, Bags

    Bob Parsons, the 73-year-old billionaire behind PXG, the golf upstart brand that has become an industry stalwart in…
    #Golf #PXG|ParsonsXtremeGolf #autobiography #BobParsons #book #Equipment #news #ParsonsXtremeGolf #PXG #pxgsbobparsonsonhisnewautobiographyineverregrettedanydecisionthatimade #qa #story
    europesays.com/golf/43413/

  29. ‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

    For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

    youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

    #Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

  30. ‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

    For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

    youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

    #Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

  31. ‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

    For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

    youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

    #Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

  32. ‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

    For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

    youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

    #Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

  33. ‘Part Fable, Part Porridge’: Jackie Kay & Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

    For many theorists of autobiography, the form assumes a self that can be known & a life that can be accounted for. But how do you write an autobiography when your origin & identity are unknown, uncertain, or multiple?

    youtube.com/watch?v=fBRPfyW2Vjk

    #Scottish #literature #writing #autobiography #lifewriting #identity #ScottishIdentity #adoption

  34. Finished this last evening. There are parts I enjoyed, but not much, per se, as it’s more ‘informative’ than ‘fun.’

    The #CIA assessed the content as mildly self-inflated, as well as some passages being wrong. Don’t read this for the final word on anything.

    Mostly it’s a man obsessed with finding a mole in #MI5 who he cannot prove to be one particular person.

    The good parts are near the front, with explanations of radio waves used for microphones.

    ★★★☆☆

    #reviews #BooksTodon #Autobiography

  35. Finished this last evening. There are parts I enjoyed, but not much, per se, as it’s more ‘informative’ than ‘fun.’

    The #CIA assessed the content as mildly self-inflated, as well as some passages being wrong. Don’t read this for the final word on anything.

    Mostly it’s a man obsessed with finding a mole in #MI5 who he cannot prove to be one particular person.

    The good parts are near the front, with explanations of radio waves used for microphones.

    ★★★☆☆

    #reviews #BooksTodon #Autobiography

  36. Finished this last evening. There are parts I enjoyed, but not much, per se, as it’s more ‘informative’ than ‘fun.’

    The #CIA assessed the content as mildly self-inflated, as well as some passages being wrong. Don’t read this for the final word on anything.

    Mostly it’s a man obsessed with finding a mole in #MI5 who he cannot prove to be one particular person.

    The good parts are near the front, with explanations of radio waves used for microphones.

    ★★★☆☆

    #reviews #BooksTodon #Autobiography

  37. Finished this last evening. There are parts I enjoyed, but not much, per se, as it’s more ‘informative’ than ‘fun.’

    The #CIA assessed the content as mildly self-inflated, as well as some passages being wrong. Don’t read this for the final word on anything.

    Mostly it’s a man obsessed with finding a mole in #MI5 who he cannot prove to be one particular person.

    The good parts are near the front, with explanations of radio waves used for microphones.

    ★★★☆☆

    #reviews #BooksTodon #Autobiography

  38. Finished this last evening. There are parts I enjoyed, but not much, per se, as it’s more ‘informative’ than ‘fun.’

    The #CIA assessed the content as mildly self-inflated, as well as some passages being wrong. Don’t read this for the final word on anything.

    Mostly it’s a man obsessed with finding a mole in #MI5 who he cannot prove to be one particular person.

    The good parts are near the front, with explanations of radio waves used for microphones.

    ★★★☆☆

    #reviews #BooksTodon #Autobiography

  39. 📖 Down with the System by Serj Tankian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #music #nonfiction #biographyautobiography

    An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System of a Down , Serj Tankian Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978030

  40. 📖 Down with the System by Serj Tankian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #music #nonfiction #biographyautobiography

    An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System of a Down , Serj Tankian Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978030

  41. 📖 Down with the System by Serj Tankian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #music #nonfiction #biographyautobiography

    An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System of a Down , Serj Tankian Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978030

  42. 📖 Down with the System by Serj Tankian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #music #nonfiction #biographyautobiography

    An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System of a Down , Serj Tankian Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978030

  43. 📖 Down with the System by Serj Tankian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) #biography #autobiography #music #nonfiction #biographyautobiography

    An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System of a Down , Serj Tankian Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever...

    coryd.dev/reading/books/978030

  44. Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes

    I was born in 1900 on the 13th day of July. My mother is Lucía Solar de Fernández, and my father is Michael Fernández Jaraquemada.

    We lived with my grandfather, who was already quite old (Juanita was born and lived 7 years in the house of her maternal Grandfather at 1352 Rosas Street in Santiago, Chile. The house has since been demolished).

    You can say that he was a saint, since one could see him praying his rosary all day long. His name was Eulogio Solar.

    Jesus did not desire me to be born poor like Himself; I was born in the midst of riches, spoiled by all.

    I was the fourth child in the family. The first was named Lucía, who was 7 years old; Miguel, the second, was 6 years old and Luís, the third, was 3.

    My aunt Juanita Solar lived in my grandfather’s house with her four children. My uncle, Luís Albert Domínguez, had already died. The eldest of my cousins was 13 years old, and the youngest was 5.

    My aunt Teresa Vicuña also lived there with her two children. One of her boys died in childhood. Her older child was called Thomas Bernardo (the name of my uncle). And Teresita, her second, was 8 years old.

    My uncle Francis (Francisco Solar Armstrong), who was a bachelor, also lived there. He was 23 years old.

    A short time later, Rebecca was born, and there was a difference of 1 year and 8 months between us (In 1910, her last brother, Ignacio, came into the world; he died at Santiago, November 2, 1976).

    Though quite spoiled, I was very timid. Rebecca was the opposite. We were both very spoiled. We could do whatever we pleased with my Granddaddy, and we used to trick him with our kisses and caresses.

    From the time I was small, they used to say that I was the prettiest of my brothers and sisters, but I paid no attention to this. But they kept repeating these same words to me as I grew older, unbeknownst to my mother, since she didn’t like this.

    God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at anyone.

    Saint Teresa of the Andes

    Her intimate spiritual diary, 2

    Griffin, M D & Teresa of the Andes, S 2021, God, The Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of the Andes With the Saint’s Spiritual Diary, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: Saint Teresa of the Andes, not long before she entered the Carmel of Los Andes. Original photograph: Discalced Carmelites (used by permission). Artistic treatment by Carmelite Quotes using Paintt.

    #autobiography #childhood #familyLife #pride #StTeresaOfTheAndes
  45. Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes

    I was born in 1900 on the 13th day of July. My mother is Lucía Solar de Fernández, and my father is Michael Fernández Jaraquemada.

    We lived with my grandfather, who was already quite old (Juanita was born and lived 7 years in the house of her maternal Grandfather at 1352 Rosas Street in Santiago, Chile. The house has since been demolished).

    You can say that he was a saint, since one could see him praying his rosary all day long. His name was Eulogio Solar.

    Jesus did not desire me to be born poor like Himself; I was born in the midst of riches, spoiled by all.

    I was the fourth child in the family. The first was named Lucía, who was 7 years old; Miguel, the second, was 6 years old and Luís, the third, was 3.

    My aunt Juanita Solar lived in my grandfather’s house with her four children. My uncle, Luís Albert Domínguez, had already died. The eldest of my cousins was 13 years old, and the youngest was 5.

    My aunt Teresa Vicuña also lived there with her two children. One of her boys died in childhood. Her older child was called Thomas Bernardo (the name of my uncle). And Teresita, her second, was 8 years old.

    My uncle Francis (Francisco Solar Armstrong), who was a bachelor, also lived there. He was 23 years old.

    A short time later, Rebecca was born, and there was a difference of 1 year and 8 months between us (In 1910, her last brother, Ignacio, came into the world; he died at Santiago, November 2, 1976).

    Though quite spoiled, I was very timid. Rebecca was the opposite. We were both very spoiled. We could do whatever we pleased with my Granddaddy, and we used to trick him with our kisses and caresses.

    From the time I was small, they used to say that I was the prettiest of my brothers and sisters, but I paid no attention to this. But they kept repeating these same words to me as I grew older, unbeknownst to my mother, since she didn’t like this.

    God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at anyone.

    Saint Teresa of the Andes

    Her intimate spiritual diary, 2

    Griffin, M D & Teresa of the Andes, S 2021, God, The Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of the Andes With the Saint’s Spiritual Diary, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: Saint Teresa of the Andes, not long before she entered the Carmel of Los Andes. Original photograph: Discalced Carmelites (used by permission). Artistic treatment by Carmelite Quotes using Paintt.

    #autobiography #childhood #familyLife #pride #StTeresaOfTheAndes
  46. Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes

    I was born in 1900 on the 13th day of July. My mother is Lucía Solar de Fernández, and my father is Michael Fernández Jaraquemada.

    We lived with my grandfather, who was already quite old (Juanita was born and lived 7 years in the house of her maternal Grandfather at 1352 Rosas Street in Santiago, Chile. The house has since been demolished).

    You can say that he was a saint, since one could see him praying his rosary all day long. His name was Eulogio Solar.

    Jesus did not desire me to be born poor like Himself; I was born in the midst of riches, spoiled by all.

    I was the fourth child in the family. The first was named Lucía, who was 7 years old; Miguel, the second, was 6 years old and Luís, the third, was 3.

    My aunt Juanita Solar lived in my grandfather’s house with her four children. My uncle, Luís Albert Domínguez, had already died. The eldest of my cousins was 13 years old, and the youngest was 5.

    My aunt Teresa Vicuña also lived there with her two children. One of her boys died in childhood. Her older child was called Thomas Bernardo (the name of my uncle). And Teresita, her second, was 8 years old.

    My uncle Francis (Francisco Solar Armstrong), who was a bachelor, also lived there. He was 23 years old.

    A short time later, Rebecca was born, and there was a difference of 1 year and 8 months between us (In 1910, her last brother, Ignacio, came into the world; he died at Santiago, November 2, 1976).

    Though quite spoiled, I was very timid. Rebecca was the opposite. We were both very spoiled. We could do whatever we pleased with my Granddaddy, and we used to trick him with our kisses and caresses.

    From the time I was small, they used to say that I was the prettiest of my brothers and sisters, but I paid no attention to this. But they kept repeating these same words to me as I grew older, unbeknownst to my mother, since she didn’t like this.

    God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at anyone.

    Saint Teresa of the Andes

    Her intimate spiritual diary, 2

    Griffin, M D & Teresa of the Andes, S 2021, God, The Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of the Andes With the Saint’s Spiritual Diary, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: Saint Teresa of the Andes, not long before she entered the Carmel of Los Andes. Original photograph: Discalced Carmelites (used by permission). Artistic treatment by Carmelite Quotes using Paintt.

    #autobiography #childhood #familyLife #pride #StTeresaOfTheAndes
  47. Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes

    I was born in 1900 on the 13th day of July. My mother is Lucía Solar de Fernández, and my father is Michael Fernández Jaraquemada.

    We lived with my grandfather, who was already quite old (Juanita was born and lived 7 years in the house of her maternal Grandfather at 1352 Rosas Street in Santiago, Chile. The house has since been demolished).

    You can say that he was a saint, since one could see him praying his rosary all day long. His name was Eulogio Solar.

    Jesus did not desire me to be born poor like Himself; I was born in the midst of riches, spoiled by all.

    I was the fourth child in the family. The first was named Lucía, who was 7 years old; Miguel, the second, was 6 years old and Luís, the third, was 3.

    My aunt Juanita Solar lived in my grandfather’s house with her four children. My uncle, Luís Albert Domínguez, had already died. The eldest of my cousins was 13 years old, and the youngest was 5.

    My aunt Teresa Vicuña also lived there with her two children. One of her boys died in childhood. Her older child was called Thomas Bernardo (the name of my uncle). And Teresita, her second, was 8 years old.

    My uncle Francis (Francisco Solar Armstrong), who was a bachelor, also lived there. He was 23 years old.

    A short time later, Rebecca was born, and there was a difference of 1 year and 8 months between us (In 1910, her last brother, Ignacio, came into the world; he died at Santiago, November 2, 1976).

    Though quite spoiled, I was very timid. Rebecca was the opposite. We were both very spoiled. We could do whatever we pleased with my Granddaddy, and we used to trick him with our kisses and caresses.

    From the time I was small, they used to say that I was the prettiest of my brothers and sisters, but I paid no attention to this. But they kept repeating these same words to me as I grew older, unbeknownst to my mother, since she didn’t like this.

    God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at anyone.

    Saint Teresa of the Andes

    Her intimate spiritual diary, 2

    Griffin, M D & Teresa of the Andes, S 2021, God, The Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of the Andes With the Saint’s Spiritual Diary, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: Saint Teresa of the Andes, not long before she entered the Carmel of Los Andes. Original photograph: Discalced Carmelites (used by permission). Artistic treatment by Carmelite Quotes using Paintt.

    #autobiography #childhood #familyLife #pride #StTeresaOfTheAndes
  48. Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes

    I was born in 1900 on the 13th day of July. My mother is Lucía Solar de Fernández, and my father is Michael Fernández Jaraquemada.

    We lived with my grandfather, who was already quite old (Juanita was born and lived 7 years in the house of her maternal Grandfather at 1352 Rosas Street in Santiago, Chile. The house has since been demolished).

    You can say that he was a saint, since one could see him praying his rosary all day long. His name was Eulogio Solar.

    Jesus did not desire me to be born poor like Himself; I was born in the midst of riches, spoiled by all.

    I was the fourth child in the family. The first was named Lucía, who was 7 years old; Miguel, the second, was 6 years old and Luís, the third, was 3.

    My aunt Juanita Solar lived in my grandfather’s house with her four children. My uncle, Luís Albert Domínguez, had already died. The eldest of my cousins was 13 years old, and the youngest was 5.

    My aunt Teresa Vicuña also lived there with her two children. One of her boys died in childhood. Her older child was called Thomas Bernardo (the name of my uncle). And Teresita, her second, was 8 years old.

    My uncle Francis (Francisco Solar Armstrong), who was a bachelor, also lived there. He was 23 years old.

    A short time later, Rebecca was born, and there was a difference of 1 year and 8 months between us (In 1910, her last brother, Ignacio, came into the world; he died at Santiago, November 2, 1976).

    Though quite spoiled, I was very timid. Rebecca was the opposite. We were both very spoiled. We could do whatever we pleased with my Granddaddy, and we used to trick him with our kisses and caresses.

    From the time I was small, they used to say that I was the prettiest of my brothers and sisters, but I paid no attention to this. But they kept repeating these same words to me as I grew older, unbeknownst to my mother, since she didn’t like this.

    God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at anyone.

    Saint Teresa of the Andes

    Her intimate spiritual diary, 2

    Griffin, M D & Teresa of the Andes, S 2021, God, The Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of the Andes With the Saint’s Spiritual Diary, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

    Featured image: Saint Teresa of the Andes, not long before she entered the Carmel of Los Andes. Original photograph: Discalced Carmelites (used by permission). Artistic treatment by Carmelite Quotes using Paintt.

    #autobiography #childhood #familyLife #pride #StTeresaOfTheAndes