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

Coffee Share From Hilton Head Island

Good morning, Everyone. I am melting in these sultry hot days on HHI. It is worth it since I am visiting my grandkids, daughter, and son-in-law for five days. My granddaughter is between school and her summer program, so I came to fill the gap. We’ve filled the hot days with dips in the pool,… Continue reading Coffee Share From Hilton Head Island

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

Telling The Stories

Since the dawn of humans, all cultures have gathered together and swapped stories, supplying  windows into who we are, where we’ve been, how we got there, and why. Over time, these yarns morph and take on the point of view of the teller and the perspective of the listener. The best stories are retold and… Continue reading Telling The Stories

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

My Uncle

My Uncle Victor's Celebration of Life is today, June 12th, his 73rd birthday. Because of COVID, we could not have a proper memorial service when he passed in December. Besides, a birthday celebration is more fitting for him. My Uncle Victor (pronounced /vik’tuh/) was my dad’s youngest sibling and only brother. Fifteen years separated their… Continue reading My Uncle

Back in the Day Stories, Weekend Coffee Share

The Gang

Friends who morph into family relations are a lifetime gift. This story was told by my Uncle Jack, who started out as a boyhood friend of my dad. He became Uncle when he married Dad’s cousin, Marcia, but the brotherhood bond was forged long before the wedding. They shared the pursuit of fun well into… Continue reading The Gang

Back in the Day Stories

Mrs. Goldberg’s Knot Surprises

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 Mrs. Goldberg’s Knot Surprises