Naked Truth

Mike Frailey June 30, 2022

According to a 19th-century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It’s a marvelous day today”! The

Letter To My Teenage Self

Lucy Cortese June 24, 2022

Dearest Lucille, First of all, you are beautiful–the most lovely you will ever be. Ignore those blackheads and arm pimples that blemish your adorable body.

Food Glorious Foodie

Lucy Cortese June 15, 2022

To this Italiana — Food is family. Food is fun. Food is love. Comfort food is forever synonymous with Italian food. Consider Mama Giardino’s answer

Rainbow Dialogue

Lucy Cortese April 24, 2022

Conversations with my grandson cause delicious dread Deciphering innocent inquiries that fill his adorable head Did you ride on dinosaurs when you were a

Pasta “Fazool” for the Soul: Reflections on an Italian Oracle

Lucy Cortese February 26, 2022

This is a eulogy I penned on the death of my dear mother-in-law Isabella Cortese. She was my friend, my confidant and mentor. These are the life lessons she taught me.

Six Lessons For Substitute Teachers

Lucy Cortese February 23, 2022

I take a deep breath and enter the rambling brick school building. The reputation of “that school” is well known in education circles around the

Dialogue Between Two Inanimate Objects

Lucy Cortese November 23, 2021

MA BELL (Landline Telephone) and her daughter ANN DROID (Smart Phone) MA BELL: Ann, where do you think you’re going so early in the morning?

Flipping! Flying! Filleting?

Lucy Cortese November 23, 2021

“I’ll be 60 this year—that’s so old!” I mused to myself. It was just past midnight January 1, 2006. Preoccupied with thoughts of becoming a

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ

Lucy Cortese November 23, 2021

You know the old saying…”I’ve been thrown out of better places than this!” How about getting tossed out of a five star resort? By bouncers?

Reflections on Sand

Amy Wright November 23, 2021

The Sands of my Childhood had a way of coloring my entire life. My earliest memories are of running through the sands of the orange

25 NEW YEAR WISHES

Lucy Cortese November 23, 2021

25 NEW YEAR WISHES Author Lucille Cortese more flowers, less weeds more sunshine, less rain more listening, less talking more dancing, less watching more laughter,

Singing River

Mike Frailey November 23, 2021

I’ve told you the story before, haven’t I? If I remember correctly, I don’t think l told y’all the whole story. Every one remembers the

Category: Anecdotal

Naked Truth

Letter To My Teenage Self

Food Glorious Foodie

Rainbow Dialogue

Pasta “Fazool” for the Soul: Reflections on an Italian Oracle

Six Lessons For Substitute Teachers

Dialogue Between Two Inanimate Objects

Flipping! Flying! Filleting?

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ

Reflections on Sand

25 NEW YEAR WISHES

Singing River

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