Friends, lovers, playmates. How I survived 32 years of marriage and maintained my sanity. I was married for 32 years… Read more My Husband, My Friend
Category: Memoir
December, 2020–The Year of the Covid
Holiday letters are my way of documenting my life in letters. I figure when I can’t remember where I live… Read more December, 2020–The Year of the Covid
Boy-Type Friends. Can men and women be friends?
When I first started working, a female co-worker told me that a woman either had a romantic relationship with a… Read more Boy-Type Friends. Can men and women be friends?
Book Club Ladies
Lifelong friends. In times of joy, heartbreak, laughter, tears. You know who you are. Steadfast. Learning to love the words… Read more Book Club Ladies
A College Friend like No Other
My oldest friend from college, and a woman I wrote letters to for thirty years, died in 2008. In 1972… Read more A College Friend like No Other
First Friend in First Grade
I am looking around the space of my empty brain, scanning my memories of the first day of school of… Read more First Friend in First Grade
What is a Friend?
One of the questions was, “Do you have friends?” The choices were 1. None; 2. One or two; 3. A few; 4. Many.
Lake Region News, Our Hometown Weekly Press
Lake Irene Society Column The week of September 2 brought on the cooler weather of fall for the residents of… Read more Lake Region News, Our Hometown Weekly Press
Lake Region News – End of Summer 1968
Lake Irene Society Column The week of August 26 was an active one for the families of note who live… Read more Lake Region News – End of Summer 1968
Wouldn’t It Be Nice? – The Beach Boys
Wouldn’t it be nice if the words just flowed from my fingers? And that books just flew off the shelves.… Read more Wouldn’t It Be Nice? – The Beach Boys
ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES 