Pen & watercolor sketch of floathouses & houses on the river

Graphic memoir

A Work in progress

The idea of shaping the sketchbook pages into digital images, whether as blog posts or to print, has been a long time coming. The written memoir, My Skin Is the River, A Mother’s Book of Grief began as a thesis when I returned to college in my 40s, and I’ve continued writing ever since. It’s only recently that the two threads of writing and sketching have asked to be blended together.

Page from the graphic memoir — and photos of Christi's son Alex

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