Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: For The Record

  • Sexual Assault

    Maybe because of the Bill Cosby news lately, maybe because the fiction I’m writing deals, in part, with a rape and its aftermath, maybe because I’ve been sexually assaulted five times–whatever the reason, this is the post I never wanted to write. And yet, I have to tell this story. You wouldn’t know by the…

  • Mad at my Underpants

    This is not supposed to be a sexy post, unless you are a perv who thinks granny pants are sexy. I have other undies which we shall not discuss here, today or ever. What I’m mad about is that my comfy roomy baggie underpants, reliable for years, have now gone and changed. I might think…

  • Death in the Family

    Tomorrow, Al and I are headed downriver for a sad occasion. Not my immediate family, but a close family member, has died unexpectedly. My parents are here from Florida and we are all a bit numb. It was a shocking death. He was healthy and only a year older than I am. He hadn’t even retired yet. He…

  • Back in ’73

    A couple of weeks ago, I went to my 40th high school reunion at the beautiful botanical gardens in Taylor, Michigan, where I grew up. I don’t live there anymore, but my BFF Lisa was in town staying with us, and we decided it would be a fun trip down memory lane. Was it ever!…

  • The Scoop

    Woke up this morning with bags under my eyes and dark circles too. This has never ever happened before! What is going on? Other than getting older. Still I must soldier on as in less than a week, I will be back in school. I need to write my syllabus. And tonight, my son, his…