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Daily Bread takes place in the Lower East Side of Manhattan Island, 1911. Tenement neighborhoods burst with immigrants. Hand and horse-drawn carts and the new-fangled assembly lined motor cars rumbled in the streets harmonizing with the lilts of different languages. Factories sprung up, spitting out goods such as food, clothing, home products, accessories, and so… Continue reading Working for the Dream
Good morning, Everyone. Happy June. How is your world faring? The Phase Two Action Plan from the lockdown officially happens next week in my neck of the woods. Fingers crossed. My yard does not seem to be affected by the virus. Color explodes with the foxgloves and Japanese Iris blooms. Hydrangeas are not far behind.… Continue reading June 2020 Coffee Share
A New Beginning in a New World Between 1880-1920, 34 million immigrants huddled on the decks of ships, watching the Statue of Liberty usher them into New York harbor. They had carried their few possessions, traveled across the ocean, and began a new chapter in the New World. The Lower East Side of Manhattan Island… Continue reading A New Beginning in a New World
Daily Bread is my middle-grade historical novel set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, 1911. The story follows eight-year-old Lily, an American-born child of Sicilian immigrants, who loves to sing out her artist heart and prove she is not a little kid. She learns that it is not easy to be a big kid… Continue reading The Tenement Museum: A Bounty Of Stories
Good morning, Everyone. I had posted the Stories Served Newsletter yesterday, thinking it would cover both the coffee share and my email audience. But I happen to remember that Maria, the Sagittarius Viking—a fellow coffee blogger, asked me to snap a few pictures of my gardens last week. Most of the veggies are in the… Continue reading A Walk Through The Yard Coffee Share
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