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