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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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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleMarch 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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,...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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...
View ArticleOverheard 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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