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#SmartAuthor “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE”

#SmartAuthor The Launch Team is at it again!! As a dedicated member of the Team, I urge all you “writer-want-a-be’s” to investigate these sites and listen to these podcasts. I wish I had heard them in 2012. I am listening to them now, sometimes twice, and amazed at what Steve Orlandella (my deceased husband) andContinue reading “#SmartAuthor “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE””

TYPICAL MORNING WALKS – NOVEMBRE 2017

I have had a love affair with the Sea for as long as I can remember. There is something about being near it that satisfies my longing for peace, even for a moment. In 1968, I traveled across the United States to live by the Sea. (Yes, I know, the Atlantic was closer, but IContinue reading “TYPICAL MORNING WALKS – NOVEMBRE 2017”

#SmartAuthor “FIGURING THINGS OUT”

From one #SmartAuthor to others, I continue to be ‘berry beezy’ in France, figuring things out. It is not easy, being an expat. Each day is full of its own challenges in real life and online. Nothing is as it seems – like opening a door, flushing the john, turning on water, working an elevator,Continue reading “#SmartAuthor “FIGURING THINGS OUT””

#SmartAuthor WRITE THAT BOOK!! JUST DO IT!!

#smartauthor I started writing in 2012. Well, that is not really true. I started writing when I was a little girl. The first “Diary” I have is dated 1949. I wanted to record things – thoughts, secrets, events. I want to spend time with my best friend – ME. During the day, I “behaved” –Continue reading “#SmartAuthor WRITE THAT BOOK!! JUST DO IT!!”

DODGER BASEBALL AND STEVE ORLANDELLA

How ’bout them Dodgers!! YES! Here’s to the Dodgers! MY baseball team. OUR baseball team. Win or lose, Dodger Blue forever!! OK, we all know that Steve was a member of the Red Sox Nation, but he had a LOT of room in his heart for the Dodgers. Joe Quasarano, “Vinny” Scully, Elaina Habeeb Fote,Continue reading “DODGER BASEBALL AND STEVE ORLANDELLA”

A WEEK IN THE LIFE – COTE D’AZUR

I am very beezzy. If you have anything you need me to do, the answer will be, “No, I’m too ‘beezzy’” (joke between Steve and me). This past week, I attended to my health – my “medical catch-up” week. Monday, I had my annual physical with Dr. Blanc and got a flu shot; Tuesday, IContinue reading “A WEEK IN THE LIFE – COTE D’AZUR”

YES “THE END OF THE BEGINNING”

Of late, Daddy has been on my mind, especially this week. Two reasons, in particular. First, I must decide where to hang my picture of him and a water color by his mother, Mary Dickson. Everything must go on the walls somewhere. Second, I ventured out into the world this week. I was invited andContinue reading “YES “THE END OF THE BEGINNING””

THE MOVE “MY FUNKY HIDEAWAY”

THE MOVE is over. I am ensconced in my new digs. Somehow, it all fits. I call it “my funky hideaway”, making a concerted effort not to take my emotional temperature every ten minutes. A lot is good about it. The apartment is cozy; it has good energy; it has three closets (that is aContinue reading “THE MOVE “MY FUNKY HIDEAWAY””

TIME MARCHES ON

Time Marches On. Remember those news reels that were shown between screenings of the feature at the “picture show” back when? Along with the cartoon and previews? It was in a Time Marches On segment at the Royal Theatre on Main Street in Gainesville, Georgia, that I first saw the horrors of the concentration campsContinue reading “TIME MARCHES ON”

“TITANIC” By Steve Orlandella

“TITANIC” is Steve Orlandella’s masterpiece. His love affair with those in peril on the sea that fateful night started when he was a young boy. He saw every film made, read most books on the subject, and spent couple of years writing this book, obsessed with “The Convergence of the Twain.” He wanted “TITANIC” to be accurate,Continue reading ““TITANIC” By Steve Orlandella”