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Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share 9/22/18

Good Morning, Everyone.    Grab your coffee because here we are, once again, for another #Weekend Coffee Share.    I’ll first get the sad news out in the open--summer 2018 is officially over. It was hot, extremely humid (my hair will need months to recover), overly blustery, and marred with rust-tide (worse than red-tide) and zucchini fungus,… Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share 9/22/18

Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share 9/15/18

Good Morning, Everyone If we were having coffee, I would tell you that the wedding in New Jersey was lovely. I had so much fun with extended family that included sisters, a brother, cousins, aunts, uncles, and parents. We usually do enjoy these gatherings- weddings, anniversaries and big birthday bashes. Even funerals give us an… Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share 9/15/18

Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share: Happy New School Year

It’s another Weekend Coffee Share with you. How’s your coffee? Although summer is my favorite season, I was glad to return to school and catch up with my colleagues. We are a special extended school family. The first three days of kindergarten was busy, fun, and exhausting. As is with most K-kids, there were so… Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share: Happy New School Year

Back in the Day Stories

Fishing With Great Grandma

I knew my Great Grandma. She was a sinewy woman with strong hands that could hold a face with a vice grip squeeze. Francesca D’Aguanno began in Castellammare, a village on the northwest coast of Sicily. Farms and small vineyards dotted the landscape and were managed within corrupt feudal systems. The unification of the Italian… Continue reading Fishing With Great Grandma

Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share; Labor Day Weekend

Good Morning, Everyone. Grab a strong cup of coffee. It is Friday and the last week of summer break has ended. Teacher Orientation Day is on Tuesday, and the kids start on Wednesday morning. Although I truly love summer, it will be good for head, soul, and pocketbook to get back to work and structure.… Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share; Labor Day Weekend