Half-Listening

The August of Our Covid Discontent

The Cinderella Summer

When Did You Become So Political?

Dinner and Some Whine

Brooke Shields Reminds Us that Aging Is Indiscriminately Discriminating

For the love of Wordle

What’s in a pronoun? Semantics and Tone-Deaf Catholicism

When the hell is Ash Wednesday?

Landlording: An Unlikely Vocation

Considering the Purpose of Work in Retirement

Holding On to Christmas

Present Tension and Imperfect Past: Rewriting My Story (Part Two: What We Lost)

Present Tension and Imperfect Past: Rewriting My Story In A New Tense (Part One-My Italian Family)

Dear Texas: I’m Sorry, I Can’t, Don’t Hate Me

Boomer Bashing: You’ve Messed With The Wrong Old Lady

To MFA Or To Not MFA, That Is The Question

House Almost Beautiful: My Muse And The Never Ending Project

Uncle Sam, Dad, and Me: A Taxing Relationship

Pet Downsizing: My Hamster’s Smarter Than Your Hamster

Cooking With Cats And Other Pandemic Pastimes

My Giant Hoodie: Go Big or Go Bigger

Disco Fridays and Stayin’ Alive in a Pandemic

Lessons I Learned From My Dog

Have Gingerbread Latte, Will Travel (maybe): A Mini-Memoir of Black Fridays Past and Present

Y’all, Voter Suppression is Real in Texas

Aging Grays-fully

The Sad Tale of the Unfinished Pandemic Puzzle

Travels With the Accidental Terrorist

How Far Haven’t We Come

Leaving the Nest: Not Just for Birds Anymore

Pandemic Gains and Losses: One Woman’s Journey From Noom to Zoom

How Can I Feel Hopeful When All the News Is Bad

You Say You Want to Socialize With Me, Then You Must Answer These Questions 3: Applying the Wisdom of Monty Python in the Day of Covid-19

Deliverance: How Junk Food and Wine Help Me Survive the Pandemic Despite My Best Intentions

Decision Making In A Pandemic

Etiquette 101: A Coronavirus Primer

Writing in the Time of Exile

Who doesn’t need a roadmap for life?

When Tragedy Strikes, Humanity Awakens

Writing Responsibly: The Surgical Art of Memoir

Being Italian in Boston: The Feast of St. Anthony and my DNA