Highlights, Writer's Blog
Naples’ famous Spaccanapoli
Naples’ old town is cut in two by the famous Naples’ Spaccanapoli, or Splitter — SEE Elena Ferrante’s…
April 7, 2020
Highlights, Writer's BlogWalt Whitman
I’M THINKING ABOUT WALT WHITMAN! His drama. His emotion. His love of nature, of men and women, and honesty…boy…
December 9, 2015
Highlights, Writer's BlogAmerican Voices
A collection of my memoir vignettes, Growing Up Italian in the New Jersey Pine Barrens ~ now available in paper…
October 9, 2015
Highlights, Writer's BlogHappy Birthday John Bartram! March 23, 1699 – September 22, 1777
That jolt of recognition! Whether through a nice sentence or a photograph, you are transported by a sudden, ineffable feeling that can…
March 23, 2015
HighlightsBlueberries
We were all girls in the packing house. Grandfather’s blueberry farm didn’t have a conveyor belt. Everything that…
October 7, 2014
HighlightsBeautiful Italians
How could we have been embarrassed to call ourselves Italian? Could this be…
May 20, 2014
Highlights, Writer's BlogGrowing up in the NJ pine barrens
The Harbour ______ “We had five whole acres, a good part of which was second-growth bush, studded…
April 8, 2014