Q is for Quiet

I grew up in a large family. Although I am the eldest, I do not remember being an only child, nor do I remember quiet. There was always something happening and noise was always part of the happening.

 My quiet place was in a cattail field next to our house in Sayville. The cattails grew well above kid-heights, so it was easy to find a secluded space away from tag-along sisters and mom’s demands. I would carefully walk through, trying not to make an obvious path. I usually brought notebook to scribble terrible poetry or finish a story. Sometimes I carried a small bag with a ball of yarn and crochet project. Mostly, I’d just sit, listening to the nearby bay lapping against bulkheads. I’d notice the clouds and the sway of the cattails’ fuzzy tops. I would not stay too long. After all, I was used to noise and commotions. My quiet place lasted about two years. The lots were bought and cleared. Soon, the quiet space had several new houses.

My theme for the 2022 AtoZ Blog Challenge is titled Grand Prompts To Ask Your Grands. Each day in April I will present a conversation starter/journal prompt to ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, older neighbors, co-workers, yourself…you get the idea. The questions are meant to forge connections between and within generations and inspire storytelling and journaling. 

Pray for Peace

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The Heart of Bakers and Artists is set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, 1911. The story follows nine-year-old Lily, an American-born child of Sicilian immigrants, who wants to prove she is not a little kid. To be a big kid in the crowded tenement neighborhoods, she must tackle bigotry, bullies, disasters, dotty bakers, and learn to cross the street by herself
The Dreams of Singers and Sluggers picks up where The Heart of Bakers and Artists left off.Lily has big dreams to sing out with her powerful voice, but must do EVERYTHING, since Mama fell into a deep depression, the baby is sick, and the “Black Hand” terrorizes the neighborhood, threatening her chance to sing at the New York Highlanders Fourth of July baseball game.
Antoinette Truglio Martin is the author of Hug Everyone You Know: A Year of Community, Courage, and Cancer. The memoir is a wimpy patient’s journey through her first year of breast cancer treatment.

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