Category Archives: Family, Memory & Personal Essays

Family, childhood, memory, relationships, personal history, and reflective autobiographical essays.

In your experience, what town has the most friendly people?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

I am a native New Yorker, a born and bred Brooklynite. New Yorkers have a reputation for being rude, and the women unapproachable. Hey, we love you, stylishishly dressed in black, looking good but oh so unapproachable and mean. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Fly Last Night

Posted on January 22, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

I didn’t fly last night, but 6am this morning I was in the writer’s cockpit, navigating my way through my novel. Did some re-writing and got some writing in to boot. Right now I am on the runway, but plan … Continue reading →

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October 1, 2010 — Celebrating Fifty Years of Life

Posted on January 10, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

I saw the best minds of my generation drop out of school and get their education on the streets, in the schools of hard knocks: in group homes, reform schools, jails, reformatories and prisons.  They dropped out of schools that … Continue reading →

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From EZ Waters

Posted on December 30, 2010 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

I am working on a novel that has been brewing in my mind for nearly 10 years.  I’m finally getting it out of my head and onto paper.  I am never more alive than when I am writing.  Writing is … Continue reading →

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