Catherine Sevenau

Opener of doors, teller of tales, family scribe.

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Post Memoir Sketches – In Full

December 20, 2018 By Catherine Sevenau 2 Comments

Ten final stories as to how our later lives shook out... 4.01 Unleashing the Flying Monkeys Through Any Given Door ~ I imagine it’s no coincidence that my writing began when I was 53, the same age my mother was when she called it a day. Nor that it took me five years to write our chronicles, the … [Read more...]

Through Any Given Door, Part III – In Full

November 27, 2018 By Catherine Sevenau 7 Comments

and the final third of the story… Through Any Given Door, a Family Memoir Part III Home Movies La Habra and San Francisco 1958 – 1968 by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau ~~~~~~~~~ June 1958 • La Habra, Orange County, California ~ I had my picture taken with our neighbor Renie, said goodbye, then … [Read more...]

Through Any Given Door, Part II – In Full

June 18, 2018 By Catherine Sevenau 9 Comments

the mid-story… Through Any Given Door, a Family Memoir Part II Torn Pictures San Jose, San Francisco, Hawaii 1954 – 1958 by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau ~~~~~~~~~ 1954 • San Jose, California ~ I’d reach up and rap the doorknocker twice. I’d say, knock, knock. She’d say, who’s there? I’d … [Read more...]

Through Any Given Door, Part I – In Full

February 6, 2018 By Catherine Sevenau 2 Comments

Through Any Given Door a Family Memoir by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents Front Matter 0.i Teller of Tales, Clemens Family Line 0.ii Dedications, Billet-Doux, Credits 0.iii Prologue (w/audio) Part I Faded Snapshots (1.01 - 1.91) Sonora, … [Read more...]

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