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A Layman's Explanation of the War on our Democracy

Many of you have asked over the last few years what I am writing... or whether I have been writing at all. I have answered, honestly, that I didn't feel like my words were important... that I needed to...

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How to handle the Recipe Chain Letter Going Around...

Do you remember getting “Chain Letters” when you were a kid? I was never really a fan…. It seemed like such an obvious attempt at a Pyramid Scheme (Hint: it was! And admission: I learned what Pyramid...

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A Layman's Explanation of the War on our Democracy

Many of you have asked over the last few years what I am writing... or whether I have been writing at all. I have answered, honestly, that I didn't feel like my words were important... that I needed...

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How to handle the Recipe Chain Letter Going Around...

Do you remember getting “Chain Letters” when you were a kid? I was never really a fan…. It seemed like such an obvious attempt at a Pyramid Scheme (Hint: it was! And admission: I learned what Pyramid...

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March 13th, 2020

First I need to start with a confession - "Bless me blogging community for I have neglected you. It has been years since my last blog post." Phew. I feel better and I hope you'll forgive me and read...

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Overheard at School . . .

"Argh... a uniform! For the next five years. This is totally unfair."My seventh grade daughter was talking with friends about the announcement that had been made at school that day. There was to be a...

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Overheard at . . . FIX Coffeehouse

"Is that more news about Flynn?"I feel schizophrenic. I write lovely blogs about gelato and feel superficial and miserable. I overdoes on serious news and feel depressed and miserable. It's a no win...

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Overheard at . . . FIX Coffeehouse

"I could use some sun right now."That one sentence caught all of our attention. Chatters stopped chatting. Readers stopped reading. And I stopped typing. Sunshine! It was like a magic word from Willy...

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Overheard at . . . Church

​“My dad would fight anyone he saw do an injustice to others.” I listened to the eulogy of this amazing man with tears in my eyes. The funeral was packed with friends and family, and the smell of...

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Overheard in . . .   the world

The sound of one hand clapping. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” . . . I am that house. My body is torn between the desire to love, and the need for truth… two values at apparent war. I...

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Overheard from . . . Emily Dickinson

Our lives are Swiss, -So still, so cool,Till, some odd afternoon,The Alps neglect their curtains,And we look farther on.Italy stands the other side,While, like a guard between,The solemn Alps,The...

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Overheard in . . .   my email

Congratulations!A very good friend once made it a goal to celebrate all of the big and little successes in life. As part of this, he threw an amazing party for the launch of my book, Betting Jessica,...

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Overheard in . . . 1900

"I am finding great solace in the poems of Emily Dickinson."We are not the first whose anxious, broken hearts have found words to comfort and condemn. Poetry was made for times like this. If I could...

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In honor of the release of MOLTO MAYHEM- reposts from Italy

Overheard on . . . the roadside on the outskirts of FlorencePantomimed directions to Fiesole....I was reminded today, while unexpectedly driving a stick shift car through the center of Florence, of...

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In honor of my new book, MOLYO MAYHEM, revisiting posts from Italy

Overheard at a Ristorante in Tuscany . . . (July 2011)It is made by my uncle.......apparently there is something about Tuscany that forces you to write lyrically.... It may be the wine, or perhaps the...

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Overheard at School . . .

"Argh... a uniform! For the next five years. This is totally unfair."My seventh grade daughter was talking with friends about the announcement that had been made at school that day. There was to be a...

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Overheard at . . . FIX Coffeehouse

"Is that more news about Flynn?"I feel schizophrenic. I write lovely blogs about gelato and feel superficial and miserable. I overdoes on serious news and feel depressed and miserable. It's a no win...

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Overheard at . . . FIX Coffeehouse

"I could use some sun right now."That one sentence caught all of our attention. Chatters stopped chatting. Readers stopped reading. And I stopped typing. Sunshine! It was like a magic word from Willy...

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Overheard at . . . Church

​“My dad would fight anyone he saw do an injustice to others.” I listened to the eulogy of this amazing man with tears in my eyes. The funeral was packed with friends and family, and the smell of...

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Overheard in . . .   the world

The sound of one hand clapping. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” . . . I am that house. My body is torn between the desire to love, and the need for truth… two values at apparent war. I...

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