YES!! Six wonderful days in June!! I loved every moment. The arrival, the family dinners, and the farewell. Those moments were precious to me. Just knowing they were down the street was comforting to me. Getting to hug them both. Seeing their happy faces in the pictures they were posting for friends back home. ItContinue reading “UPDATE – WONDERFUL MOMENTS aka MIRACLES! -“SIX DAYS IN JUNE, 2019””
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PARTY OF ONE
I read an article the other day that included a “Loners’ Manifesto.” So, I made a note to write about it because I can be a reluctant socializer. Steve was the same way. We both preferred staying home. Now that he is gone, I am still a reluctant socializer. From time to time, I haveContinue reading “PARTY OF ONE”
JIM MASTERS ON CUTV-NEWS-RADIO IS FEELING INSPIRED
This is what Jim Masters posted on his Facebook page yesterday, January 16, 2019: *She’s worked on movies with the Beatles (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, she’s appeared in countless TV shows, films and commercials. Today LIVE and direct from Nice, France @ 11am eastern, I’ll have the great pleasureContinue reading “JIM MASTERS ON CUTV-NEWS-RADIO IS FEELING INSPIRED”
CHRISTMAS “FUNNIES”
Remember the “funnies”. At least, that is what we called them. I don’t think newspapers have a “funnies” page anymore, do they? That is what I would tell Daddy to pass to me when he was reading The Atlanta Journal on Sunday mornings at the breakfast table. It was the ONLY thing I would readContinue reading “CHRISTMAS “FUNNIES””
MY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU….
This is my Christmas gift to you. It is a piece written by a woman I don’t know – By Maria Popov. I have friends who find these gems and then post them on social media. My friend Karen Kondazian found this one. My thanks to her. This one puts into words important “considerations” forContinue reading “MY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU….”
LEGACY, TWO YEARS LATER STEVE ORLANDELLA
TAKE A BREAK! Settle back and give your mind a rest for a few minutes from the upcoming election to read some information about STEVE ORLANDELLA. Who? A man I was fortunate enough to have known for 23 years and to have spent 11 years of my life as his wife. A lot of usContinue reading “LEGACY, TWO YEARS LATER STEVE ORLANDELLA”
PAUL PEDULLA – ARTIST (AND WRITER)
Paul Pedulla is my cousin-in-law. This post honors Paul as an Artist. He and Steve were cousins and also good friends. As a result, we saw him when we were in Boston in 2008, and he and his partner Lawrence had dinner with us when they were in Los Angeles in 2013 (I think itContinue reading “PAUL PEDULLA – ARTIST (AND WRITER)”
AUGUST 9, 2018 – STEVE ORLANDELLA, INTERMENT
Where do I begin? It is only August 18, and I feel like I have lived several lifetimes during this month. It started on Monday, July 31st. I had one of those “a-ha” moments in which I knew I had to get Steve’s ashes to Boston ASAP. What was the rush? I don’t know. AllContinue reading “AUGUST 9, 2018 – STEVE ORLANDELLA, INTERMENT”
COMFORT ZONES
Between you and me, I don’t think I have any comfort zones anymore. Steve and I had created a comfort zone together, and were very happy, writing, working, and eating “comfort food” – pasta, Steve’s gravy, and his special homemade meatballs along with olives, baguettes, salami, and fresh ground parmesan cheese or Romano. We didContinue reading “COMFORT ZONES”
FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN “THE INTERESTING TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE”
As the old Chinese curse has it: “May you live in interesting times,” and the twentieth century is probably the most “interesting” period mankind has ever known. Now and then, I see an article on Facebook that I save because something about it is “interesting’ to me. After I save it, I may or mayContinue reading “FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN “THE INTERESTING TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE””
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