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Marien Helz is originally from Gaithersburg and began
writing the Growing Up in Gaithersburg column for an
HOA paper in 2003.
She holds a
Master's degree in English and American literature from the
University of Iowa, a Master of Fine of Arts degree from the
world renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop [the only organization
to receive the National Humanities Medal, presented by the
U.S. government in 2003], a Master's degree from the
University of Buffalo Reading Specialist Program, and a PhD
in English Research from the University of Buffalo.
She splits her
time between Kentlands and a classic village in the
Buffalo-Niagara region of Western New York state where she
is a college professor–a profession she began at the age of
twenty-two.
Marien Helz's most recent past columns
are available here in Adobe files.
 Click
on the underlined links below to access the Adobe files. If you
do not have Adobe on your computer, you can download a
free copy here:
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Happening September 2005
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Wedding October 2005
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Figurine November 2005
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Gifts and Giving December 2005
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 Names January 2006
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Moving to Gaithersburg. February 2006
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Children and Safety. March 2006
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Grave Danger―for Jonathan April 2006
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Sugarloaf Mountain. May 2006
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Gardening. June 2006
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Mothers. July 2006
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Fathers. August 2006
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Real Class―True Grace September 2006
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Harvest and Halloween. October 2006
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Trouble.
November 2006
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Santa
Claus. December 2006 in Commentary
Winner of the
2007 Grand Award for Writing
The Apex judges say this about
Helz's work: "Marvelously told stories of growing
up—poignant, and written with passion and clarity.
Vignettes are filled with beautifully detailed word
pictures. A storyteller's tour de force." |
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Treasures.
January 2007
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Paperboy.
February 2007
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The Final Snow and
The Follies. March
2007
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Renewal.
April 2007
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Scouting.
May 2007
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Trains.
June 2007
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Woods.
July 2007
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Dogs and
I’m-so-Fine-the-Law-Doesn’t-Apply-to-Me People
August 2007
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Magic Soil. September
2007
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Mean Teachers. October
2007
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Sound
November and December 2007
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Childhood Friends
January 2008
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Nosy Neighbors
February 2008
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Science Fair
March, April, & May 2008
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Wisconsin in August
June & July 2008
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Weeds: Annoying to Disastrous
August, September, & October 2008
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Charlie
November, December, January 2009
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Memories from My Mother
February, March, April 2009
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Movie Houses
May, June, July 2009
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Labor Day Parade
August, September, October 2009
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Moving Back
November, December, January 2009-10
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Snow
February, March, April 2010
- The Farm
May, June, July 2010
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