Author Adrienne Morris

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  • May 3, 2022

    Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

    Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

    Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring’d legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What […]

  • May 2, 2022

    A Writer’s Calling

    A Writer’s Calling

    You should not expect a return on your love. The idea that you deserve anything in life leads to disappointment. How many times must we suffer disappointment before we make peace with the idea that it’s a sorry part of life? It’s our lot. We expect so much from others and fine things from ourselves […]

  • April 26, 2022

    Restoration of a Monument

    Restoration of a Monument

    “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell In town squares dotted all over Upstate New York stand monuments to the sacrifices made by young men who fought and died in the Civil War — to end slavery. Yes, there. I said it. […]

  • April 21, 2022

    A Masterpiece

    A Masterpiece

    “You’ll never guess what happened to me today! I was raped!” She said this gleefully. “But they gave me a shot in the leg so I don’t get HIV and a pill so I want to move on.” “But I thought you went off birth control because you wanted to make babies with Joe (fake […]

  • April 18, 2022

    Adoption Madness (a brief fast forward)

    Adoption Madness (a brief fast forward)

    M could be pregnant. Left to her own devices in the past we’ve found her dressed in wild princess outfits talking to herself in front of a neighbor’s farm on a blind curve in the road where people speed without thinking. At the village school she attended, she used to wear such outlandish outfits that […]

  • April 13, 2022

    Adoption Story (Pt. 10)

    Adoption Story (Pt. 10)

    I’m passionate about American history — its flaws, its nobility. In a recent conversation online I asked to what extent my ancestors should be accountable for the fates of the tribal peoples of the continent. Here’s my unpopular take: ” … to be fair we would also have to look at what would now be […]

  • April 11, 2022

    Quilting a Life: A Conversation About the Value of Making Art

    Quilting a Life: A Conversation About the Value of Making Art

    “Everything you can imagine is real.”  Pablo Picasso My daughter-in-law and I chatted all weekend about the creative life, raising children and genealogy as somehow connected to our life’s purpose the last time she was up for a visit with my son and grandson. On this visit Sam brought along a current project she is […]

  • April 8, 2022

    Adoption Story (pt. 9)

    Adoption Story (pt. 9)

      A bit about the “team” at this point. This point being the first few months with M being back in our home. M’s social worker from the foster care agency had moved on to another job by the time M came home. We met with the new worker who M knew in passing from […]

  • April 6, 2022

    Rescue From the Cuckoo’s Nest (pt. 8)

    Rescue From the Cuckoo’s Nest (pt. 8)

    “Thorby had two choices. Be adopted quietly or make a fuss and be adopted anyhow”  Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy The lead social worker on her case at Saint —— facility mentioned that while reading M’s extensive medical records she had to pause often. The trauma described seemed too insurmountable. She was in awe […]

  • April 4, 2022

    Rescue From the Cuckoo’s Nest (pt.7)

    Rescue From the Cuckoo’s Nest (pt.7)

    “I may be a lost cause, but I thought if you loved me, it needn’t matter.” John Osborne M didn’t make contact with us for the next two weeks. By now M’s sisters were on the fast track to adoption. We could have jumped ship at this point. Her worker told us that she had […]

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About
My aim is to keep you turning pages well past bedtime with historical family sagas. Complex characters are my thing. I want to draw you into the lives of people you will love, hate and cry over. My goal is for history to come alive for you whether it be in a Civil War field hospital, an experimental Utopian society or in the dark-paneled rooms of Gilded Age socialites. If you like Gone with the Wind, Cold Mountain and Age of Innocence you may enjoy The Tenafly Road Series.
When not writing novels, you can find me knee-deep in farm muck.
 

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