Back in the Day Stories, The Wishes of Sisters and Strangers

Meet the Daily Bread Bakers

Becoming America's Stories Quick Clip Meet the other Daily Bread bakers at the Goldberg's bakery. https://youtu.be/hy60SOJ2_Vw Did you miss the previous Becoming America's Quick Clips? Not to worry. Here they are. Meet the Family Meet the Goldbergs Meet the Friends in the Tenement Enjoy ❤️.   Like 👍.  Share 😊.  Work for Peace You have… Continue reading Meet the Daily Bread Bakers

Back in the Day Stories, The Wishes of Sisters and Strangers

Hold the Press

Hold the press! I finished the edits on The Wishes of Sisters and Strangers, Becoming America’s Stories Book 3. It is now in the hands of my publisher, Stephanie Larkin, to work her magic. I thought I had researched carefully BUT YIKES! I found a little detail that will cause a BIG change for a… Continue reading Hold the Press

Back in the Day Stories, Weekend Coffee Share

Cousin Love

Cousins are the first best friends. They are usually close in age, have similar family histories, and, if they grew up close by, share multitudes of childhood memories and antics. Distance and time have a hard time untangling the ties between cousins. Cousins flood my dad’s family. On the Truglio side, Dad had twenty or… Continue reading Cousin Love

Back in the Day Stories, Becoming America's Stories, Grand Prompts

Kids’ Table Evolution

We usually spent the holidays and many winter Sundays at Grandma’s house. Dad and Mom piled us five kids in the woody station wagon and set out on the parkways west ward. Traffic from the Long Island suburbs to Brooklyn made the 35 mile trip into a two-hour exertion with squirmy kids whining and poking… Continue reading Kids’ Table Evolution

Back in the Day Stories, Becoming America's Stories, Weekend Coffee Share

Story Worthiness

Good morning, Everyone. I am steering the coffee shares toward talking about my books and writing process. I hope you may find it interesting. I wrote two middle-grade historical fiction novels, The Heart of Bakers and Artists (aka Daily Bread) and The Dreams of Singers and Sluggers. They are set in the Lower East Side… Continue reading Story Worthiness