Monday
Memoir Writing Topics
TOPICS
(September 2010 - September 2022)
05/09/22
work
29/08/22
athlete
22/08/22
tour of your bedroom
15/08/22
lost
08/08/22
library
01/08/22
What I miss about the 1980's
25/07/22
fire
18/07/22
beaches
11/07/22
moving
04/07/22
unusual travel
27/06/22
keepsakes
12/07/21
souvenir - final phone meeting for Special Memoir Group
05/07/21
no meeting today
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28/06/21
religion
21/06/21
artistic endeavors
14/06/21
birthdays
07/06/21
change of plans
31/05/21
impromptu situation
24/05/21
Happy Victoria Day
17/05/21
unusual travel experience
10/05/21
proud accomplishment
03/05/21
religion
26/04/21
childhood activities
19/04/21
a road trip
12/04/21
caregivers
05/04/21
being thankful
29/03/21
sports fans
22/03/21
libraries
15/03/21
grocery shopping
08/03/21
parades
01/03/21
a turning point
22/02/21
change of residence
15/02/21
writers' choice
08/02/21
sunrise/sunset
01/02/21
something relaxing
25/01/21
the internet
18/01/21
cartoons
11/01/21
museums
04/01/21
a special person you have known
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21/12/20
life: city vs country
14/12/20
holidays
07/12/20
memorable movies
30/11/20
problem solving
23/11/20
a special opportunity
16/11/20
driving lessons
09/11/20
language(s)
02/11/20
home decoration
26/10/20
friendship
19/10/20
why write?
12/10/20
gratitude
05/10/20
autumn
28/09/20
surprise: writer's choice of topic
21/09/20
meeting cancelled this week - work on chapbook entries
14/09/20
marriage
07/09/20
inspiration
30/08/20
preferred seasons
24/08/20
a charming character
17/08/20
important discovery
10/08/20
role model(s)
03/08/20
a favourite destination
27/07/20
sports/hobbies
20/07/20
singing/dancing
13/07/20
collecting/collections
06/07/20
luck/miracles
29/06/20
encounter(s) with wildlilfe
22/06/20
neighbours
15/06/20
parents/grandparents
08/06/20
seashore/ mountains
01/06/20
angels/ghosts
25/05/20
gardens/gardening
18/05/20
art/artists
11/05/20
dreams/dreaming
4/05/20
sanity
27/04/20
help
20/04/20
creativity
13/04/20
poets
06/04/20
celebrations
30/03/20
springtime
09/03/20
folk music; shenanigans
02/03/20
desserts; favourite writers
24/02/20
abolish; pie
10/02/20
funeral; skating
03/02/20
Walmart; wild flowers
27/01/20
murder; Mondays
20/01/20
the olympics; playboy
13/01/20
mushrooms; the boss
6/01/20
cheese; recipes
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30/12/19
gratitude; dolls
9/12/19
my father's suit; cold nights
18/11/19
balloons; kindergarten; construction
4/11/19
blue; internet
28/10/19
kites; emotions
21/10/19
cigarettes; Stephen King
7/10.19
it's a guy thing; resolutions
30/9/19
fragility of life; an eccentric person
23/9/19
cookies; song book
16/9/19
first and/or true romance; owls
9/9/19
frost; making decisions
26/8/19
celebrities I've encountered; guilty pleasures
19/8/19
my favourite magazine; street hockey
12/8/19
labels; only 5 minutes more
29/7/19
flirting; patience
22/7/19
weddings; jigsaw puzzles
8/7/19
getting lost; skydiving
24/6/19
Halloween; lost and found
17/6/19
regrets; Star Trek
10/6/19
sound of music; train station
3/6/19
fish; desert
27/5/19
ocean tides; improvised play things
13/5/19
playing cards; obituaries
6/5/19
taxes; my earliest memory
29/4/19
bells; something stolen
15/4/19
tea/coffee; fences
8/4/19
yellow; candle light
1/4/19
favourite/worst teacher; newspaper comics
25/3/19
skunks; graffitti
18/3/19
over rated books, film TV etc; most romantic kiss
11/3/19
oxymorons; sidewalk cafes
4/3/19
if I could meet one living person; my greatest achievement
25/2/19
fashion; what Canada means to me
11/2/19
elevators; taxi cabs
4/2/19
peanut butter; socks
28/1/19
No session due to extreme cold!
21/1/19
bands; short films
14/1/19
insults; proverbs
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7/1/19
love at first sight; imaginary friends
17/12/18
carrots/Popeye; first date
10/12/18
star wars; first grade
3/12/18
civil rights; Fridays
26/11/18
memorable event; the beginning
19/11/18
bicycles; beauty
12/11/18
oblivion; snowball fight
5/11/18
remembering things wrong; eggs
29/10/18
dump; lakes, ponds, quarries
22/10/18
life changing event; f-bomb
15/10/18
strange fads; adolescence
1/10/18
satirical humour; petunias and other flowers
23/9/18
Casablanca; picnics
17/9/18
second act; aunts and uncles
10/9/18
a letter; forts
27/8/18
vandalism; pickles
13/8/18
drawing; favourite meal
30/7/18
tactics; telling a joke
23/7/18
caves; zippers
16/7/18
antiques; rainbow
9/7/18
historic sites; blue jays
25/6/18
principal's office; spare change
18/6/18
superstition; starting grade one
11/6/18
rats; donuts
4/6/18
children's books; clowns
28/05/18
farm animals; favourite flower, plant or tree
14/05/18
bowling alley; frogs
7/05/18
Australia; extraordinary event
30/04/18
godparents; loss of a family pet
23/04/18
candy; dollar store
9/04/18
moving to a new place; math class
26/03/18
farts/hearts; mental health
19/03/18
last day ever; cops and robbers
12/03/18
fairy tales; rain
5/03/18
shoes; waste
26/02/18
maple leaf; jail
12/02/18
youngest child in the family/only child; book smells
5/02/18
five black dots; Marilyn Monroe
29/01/18
disability; time wasters
22/01/18
my favourite place; prejudice
15/01/18
cell phones; home; sunrise
8/01/18
racism; coyote
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18/12/17
Charlie Chaplin; British TV shows
11/12/17
curls; nostalgia
4/12/17
I have never been in a _____; cartoons
27/11/17
gratitude; surprise
20/11/17
celebrations; cemeteries
13/11/17
rural family life; road kill
06/11/17
chickens; water
30/10/17
unpopular child in school; government
23/10/17
the sea; streetcars/buses
16/10/17
diary; learning to drive
2/10/17
my mother; snow storm
25/9/17
problem solving; plumbing
18/9/17
soap on a rope; royalty
11/9/17
broken bones; sports cars
28/8/17
Wednesday; waiting
21/8/17
protest marches; favourite book
14/8/17
city vs country; fortune tellers
31/7/17
new year
24/7/17
pigs; baking
17/7/17
swimming pools; bookstores
10/07/17
wilderness; family dinners
3/07/17
East Indians; morning rituals
26/06/17
drive-in movies; street names
19/06/17
passion; cliches/stereotypes
12/06/17
childhood games; alternative facts
5/06/17
bank; pests
29/05/17
flat; hats
15/05/17
bees; my way or the highway
8/05/17
best friend; veterinarian
1/05/17
dentist; mice
24/04/17
when I was 12; mirror
10/04/17
stuff that is difficult to part with; daydreamers
3/04/17
poetry; dancing
27/03/17
neighbours; best time of my life
20/03/17
traffic jams; first funeral
13/03/17
high; home economics/industrial arts
6/03/17
repairing something; trees
27/02/17
parents; sensibility.nonsense
13/02/17
book series; what do you consider romantic?
6/02/17
owing an apology; Tuesdays
30/01/17
best/worst time to write; "there you go"
23/01/17
alienation; secrets
16/01/17 butterflies;
libraries
9/01/17
when I was 17; elementary school
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19/12/16
a very strange day; airports
12/12/16
technology/ beatniks ? hippies
5/12/16
ditches; siblings older/younger
28/11/16
obsolescence; a train ride
21/11/16
sunset; handwriting
14/11/16
dreaming about the past; "basket of deplorables"
7/11/16
the end; shopping mall
31/10/16
Wizard of Oz; guns
24/10/16
hospitals; back to school
17/10/16
sequels; history
3/10/16
fog; clocks
26/09/16
new shoes; John Wayne
19/09/16
racoons; weird
12/09/16
pets; x-rated movies
29/08/16
comic duos; I wish I had my camera
22/08/16
least favourite traffic in Toronto; French language/culture
15/08/16
vegetables; parades; baldness
8/08/16
moon; skipping school; tv mini-series
25/07/16
horses; dream/nightmare/day dream
18/07/16
comic books; marijuana
11/07/16
courtroom/jury duty; immigration
4/07/16
boarding houses; Hippocratic oath
27/06/16
books I want to read; science
20/06/16
sad stories; game shows
13/06/16
childhood songs; comfort foods
6/06/16
substitute teacher; guilty pleasures
30/05/16
dreams; cheapskates
16/05/16
sanctuary; fire department
9/05/16
movies seen over and over; famous crime
2/05/16
unusual travel experience; poetry
25/04/16
lucky streak; can't handle the truth
18/04/16
life changing event; talk shows
12/04/16
dolls; October
28/03/16
swearing; oil
21/03/16
bucket list; wild life
14/03/16
puppets; old photos
7/03/16
bird watching; parks
29/02/16
epic movies; making a snowman
22/02/16
concert; t-shirts
8/02/16
snakes; sewing
1/02/16
ugly; civil wars
25/01/16
insomnia; schiool field trips
18/01/16
gardens; clouds
4/01/16
people I admire/do not admire; boats/ships
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28/12/15
what I miss about (a dead person); Peyton Place
21/12/15
Donald Duck; flying
14/12/15
puns; soap operas; esp
7/12/15
discourteous people; ice cream
30/11/15
Saturday movies; favourite magazines
23/11/15
what others may think of you; loud noises
16/11/15
wrong choice of words; electricity
9/11/15
sandwich; Marx brothers
1/11/15
bad language; wrong answer
26/10/15
police; fiction vs nonfiction
19/10/15
outhouses; ufos aliens, life on other planets
5/10/15
a race; watermelons
28/9/15
use it or lose it; super powers
21/9/15
scars; royalty
14/9/15
Trudeau mania; Peanuts comic strips
31/8/15
an old person; motorcycles
17/8/15
movies that made me cry; divorce
10/8/15
jewelry, a lucky break; just an honest person
27/7/15
road trips; smells
20/7/15
movie musicals; VCRs; learning to drive
13/7/15
waiting rooms; insurance
6/7/15
January; aunts and uncles
29/6/15
first computer; rebellion
22/6/15
bicycles; lost ? found
15/6/5
Italian food ? culture; weatherman
8/6/15
USA; sail boats
1/6/15
arts/music festivals; better beware
25/5/15
shadows; embarrassing moment/event
11/5/15
first vote; westerns
12/1/15
shopping; cult TV shows ? movies
5/1/15
Sundays; gossip
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29/12/14
coffee table books; siblings
22/12/14
last call; hydro
15/12/14
mystery; Asian cultures
8/12/14
Fridays; street names
1/12/14
birthday; corn
24/11/14 ideal
holiday; singing in a choir
17/11/14 national
parks; TV comedies
10/11/14 trust;
magazines
3/11/14
natural disaster; books to read in future
27/10/14 best
present; early radio
20/10/14 fruit
trees; candy store/candy lady/man
6/10/14
buffet restaurants; baking bread
29/9/14
early TV; fireworks
22/9/14
vinyl records; romances
15/9/14
coincidences - lucky/unlucky; cell phones
8/9/14
encylopedia; grandparents
25/8/14
euthanasia; swimming
18/8/14
end of the world; recurring dreams
11/8/14
joy of life; entitlement
28/7/14
strawberries/raspberries; exhibition/fair
21/7/14
Thursdays; favourite thing at home
14/7/14
weddings; inspiration
7/7/14
gypsys; gangsters
23/6/14
agenda; dirt roads
16/6/14
changing season; astrology; fortune telling
9/6/14
deaths of famous people; big city; sensitivity
2/6/14
New York City; ethnic cuisine; childhood play-acting
26/5/14
affair to remember; funniest situation; learning music
12/5/14
memorable birthday party; board games; my doppelganger
5/5/14
family vacation; expo/fair; shopping centres
28/4/14
ethnic idiosynchracies; historic moments; detention
14/4/14
a garden; is that all there is? letting someone down
7/4/14
snubbing; first movie I saw; museums
31/3/14
December; any last requests?
24/3/14
a party; newspapers
17/3/14
first memory; humiliation; famous personality for a date
10/3/14
time - too much/not enough; blondes
3/3/14
going to a play; August
24/2/14
hangups; unusual/memorable neighbours
10/2/14
June; traveling by boat
4/2/14
wish I'd said that; showing guests around town
27/1/14
ignoring people; a titled name
20/1/14
puzzles; folk music
13/1/14
how's your junk? horses
6/1/14
institutions; learning music
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16/12/13 if you could
be anywhere else; rules: good or bad
09/12/13
lie I wish I had told; my favourite teacher
02/12/13
way to die; Walt Disney
25/11/13 impromptu
speaking; landmark building; hair dye/colour
18/11/13 classroom
fights; smoking pot
11/11/13 first love,
May, snowy day
04/11/13 betrayal;
February
28/10/13 pot luck
dinner; worst mistake ever made
21/10/13 something-not
what it appeared to be; being chosen last
07/10/13
breakfast; bad grades; Saturday rituals
30/09/13 farm
life; trips/vacations
23/09/13
best compliments; September
16/09/13
change of residence; unusual meal
09/09/13
expectations; tv commercials
26/08/13
joys of senility; forbidden fruit
19/08/13
border crossings/customs; watches/clocks
12/08/13 bargains;
looking through a window
29/07/13
hoarders; talking to oneself
22/07/13
things that scared me; clouds
15/07/13
children's books I liked; family cars
08/07/13
countryside around home; body building
24/06/13
visit to the hospital; what to do when all libraries close
17/06/13 helicopter;
teacher/mentor
10/06/13
what about the future? God?
03/06/13
missed/mixed-up appointments; worst job
27/05/13
vague or wrong directions; people watching; body language
13/05/13
family ties; what 2 wishes to grant the world; outhouses
06/05/13 Alzheimers;
happiness is an illusion
29/04/13 why
move to another planet? worst answering machine message; your home town
22/04/13 sunrise/sunset;
what dream do you choose to have?
15/04/13 rain;
rather fly or be invisible?
08/04/13 early
rejections; high school teachers; what super power to be?
25/03/13 daily
joys; woods/forest
18/03/13
driving lessons; joys of senility; if the world ran on laughter, would
we ever run out?
11/03/13
first memories of TV; asking for assistance; favourite grandparent
04/03/13
class you loved or hated; an addiction; bedtime
25/02/13
internal adventures; being misunderstood/misunderstandings
11/02/13 a
special treat; lady luck
04/02/13
first pet; place you hate to go
28/01/13
your less desirable traits; procrastination
21/01/13
grandparents; it happened at 16
14/01/13
best laid plans; elementary school
07/01/13
practical jokes; bag ladies; favourite caps/hats
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17/12/12
something relaxing; first Christmas away from home
10/12/12
hair on fire; try something new
3/12/12
a funeral; bad kids (juvenile delinquents); women don't sweat
26/11/12 regrets; out at
sea
19/11/12 an advertisement;
something you'd rather not do
12/11/12 best gift; visiting
historic site(s); outside your window
5/11/12 police;
fiction vs non-fiction; your factory - producing what?
29/10/12 multi-tasking;
what instrument would you play (if you could)
22/10/12 lost keys; inherited
from parents; on the way to the library
15/10/12 summer; hidden
fear
1/10/12 hand me downs;
the downside
24/9/12 moving day;
a name
17/9/12 a rainbow;
discrimination
10/9/12 trespassers
will be prosecuted, grass is greener, sermons
30/7/12 noise; strong
opinion; cats
23/7/12 affair to
remember; wildlife/wilderness; creature comforts
16/7/12 transportation;
super hero; bullies
9/7/12
epitaph/eulogy; humour; furnishings
25/6/12 nostalgia;
security
18/6/12 black sheep
of the family; fashion/style; jokes and tricks
11/6/12 "sticks and
stones"; worst job,
4/6/12
an accident; what's in a name? a past relic
28/5/12 if animals
talk back; colour; a hated place
14/5/12 awkward moment;
proud accomplishment; "take me to your leader"
7/5/12
mountains; computer accessories; first TV
30/4/12 someone you
dislike; scars; back to the womb
23/4/12 city life
vs country life; midlife; a phone message
16/4/12 want to be
a different sex? washroom graffiti; memorable telephone call
2/4/12
older women with younger men; closed libraries; a remembered basement
12/3/12 a photograph;
pets (unusual or conventional)
5/3/12
why write? patience; living in an overcrowded world
12/2/12 a photograph;
pets (unusual or conventional)
3/3/12
why write? patience; how to live in an overcrowded world
27/2/12 meeting
a stranger; "I wasted my life doing ?"
13/2/12 the
ocean; children
6/2/12
treated unfairly; book read as a child
30/1/12 progress;
good advice
23/1/12 dinnertime;
different point of view
16/1/12 a day
without writing; birds and bees
9/1/12
starting life over age 21 years old; excuses
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19/12/11 toilet seat position;
if born opposite sex; if born an animal
12/12/11 sleeping in; drivers'
attitudes
5/12/11 police;
favourite neighbourhood
28/11/11 use it or lose
it; getting ripped off
21/11/11 soul food; parades
14/11/11 nasty pests; littering
7/11/11 artistic
endeavors; he/she looks like my ex
31/10/11 home decoration;
irony-surprise- incongruity
24/10/11 a
favourite writer and why; if I could come back
17/10/11 a machine that
interested you; telephone calls
3/10/11 Thanksgiving
Holiday - no meeting
26/9/11 going
to the park; all about writing
19/9/11 time:
(clocks, watches, calendars, alarm clocks, etc.); superstitions
12/9/11 a child
dies; politics
29/8/11 cemeteries;
assumptions
22/8/11 babies;
someone who is really odd/different/eccentric
15/8/11 religion:
(worship, church, synagogue, etc., a religious experience; insects
8/8/11
a choice you made; meal preparation; cooking, baking; a recipe, etc.
25/7/11 greedy
people; most embarassing moment(s)
18/7/11 thieves,
stealing, something you had stolen from you; water
11/7/11 sibling
rivalry or not ; summer camp ?/or camping; ADHD or bipolar disorder
4/7/11
fishing/hunting; tell a niece or nephew a memory of their parent
27/6/11 a lie
you were told (or told); biggest time or money wasters
20/6/11 a favorite
book or film; dangerous games (child or adult); words that make me laugh
13/6/11 being
disobedient to parents/teachers, the law; a mystery – something you are
or were unable to explain; board games
6/6/11
being out of place or different from most of the people around you; a walk
in the neighborhood
30/5/11 first
day of school; fear – something you were/are afraid of; a childhood misadventure
16/5/11 the
tenant or landlord from hell; if your life was a film, who would play you?
9/5/11
a place you visited; sun, moon, stars, stargazing; night sky; a sound
2/5/11
a thing you would like to be; being in danger; music
18/4/11 meals
(food, mealtime, a favorite meal); what you wish you could still do
4/4/11
describe an accident or event; saying goodbye; teachers
28/311
fire; feeling homesick
21/3/11 a music
lesson you didn’t want; birds; dressed inappropriately for an occasion
14/3/11 comical
family story; chocolate
7/3/11
why write? ; childhood prank
28/2/11 night
noises; what you hate
14/2/11 illness
or injury; grocery shopping
7/2/11
instructions to child you once were; darkness/night
31/1/11
rude people; describe a sibling growing up
24/1/11
favorite shows; waiting room
17/1/11
books you read as a child; hair
10/1/11 why
did you decide to/ what inspired you to write a memoir; manners
3/1/11
insects; pets
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20/12/10 "I'm
thinking of...."; Holidays
22/11/10 flight
or flying; twins; feet
15/11/10
Seasons; pet peeves
08/11/10
goodbye/farewell; menus (soul food, favourite foods)
01/11/10
tools; libraries
25/10/10
a parting of the ways; weather experience
18/10/10
home; a special trip
04/10/10
animals I have known; many times...
27/09/10
once upon a time.....; What can you give up knowing?
20/09/10
what did you know in your heart? ; Old lover you can't forget
13/09/10
money; watches
06/09/10
mother's shoes; something ordinary
Undated topics......
if from the future and I were
to come back to advise me
marriage customs
[ not used ] - the 2 gryphons
guarding the library
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