Biography & Memoirs > Family Memoirs

This set of short stories includes family history and boyhood memories of growing up on a Wyoming homestead in the 1930s. Family and homestead photographs are included with each story.

Although “A Time Apart,” is a novel, and the dialogue is imagined, it is based on actual events which were told in my book “The Last Best of All Times,” about my upbringing in West New Rochelle. This story is narrated by the protagonist, Bobby Belmonte, who, in the latter part of his life, is reminiscing about those early years, as the world is evolving from the devastating effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic. It centers on the summer before his last year at Saint Joseph’s elementary school, transporting the reader back to “A Time Apart” from the present, based on his boyish recollections of his family, the school, the church, the Boys Club, and the games they invented, and the special jo ...

Decades ago when I grew up in the 1940-50s almost every farm had a large, imposing barn that was the center of the life of a farm family. Children learned their work ethic by taking care of animals of various sorts and doing the chores morning and night. That symbol of an agrarian society has rapidly diminished as farms became bigger and more specialized. Today it is difficult for a farm family to make a living from a small farm. Barns from my youth spoke lessons to me both in the last century as well as today when farm after farm loses the once-largest building to the ages. This publication is a collection of old barn photos as well as life's foundational lessons I learned from t ...

I want my kids to understand that it is not enough to just try without a plan. They need to put some thought into what they are doing. Maybe they can improve on our ideas. My hope is that by mapping out our process I can offer my kids some comfort for when they must take on the privilege of raising their own adults. If in reading this you too can draw from the ideas and stories I have shared, then I am grateful.

In 2013, Author M Y Fisher set out on a mission to discover the beginnings of her family. From there she found out that she was a direct descendant of one of the founding families of Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee. While coming across so much improperly documented and confusing information, Ms. Fisher decided to compile her verified family history findings into a book. The intention is for those with a slight interest in southern genealogy to those who are familiar with the history of this particular branch of the family to enjoy the photos and information with ease. It is intended to be shared with others as her labor of love and a gift of her legacy to her family and others.