Stories Served Served Around The Table
Around The Table
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 Daily Bread an Introduction
New Year's Eve traditions evolved over my lifetime. Although a festive holiday, giving hope for the upcoming year, the celebrations have changed. No one family member or close friend has owned it. Quite frankly, the month leading up to January 1st is a marathon of cooking, shopping, cleaning, and visiting. We are all exhausted by… Continue reading New Year’s Eves Remembered
Back in the day, my hometown, Sayville, Long Island, was in the midst of a growth spurt with neighborhood developments and new schools to accommodate the bursting baby boomer generation. Children were everywhere. Organized playdates and managed time were not yet invented. Kids played outside almost all day. They knew the neighbors, and explored fields… Continue reading Playing With Invisible Men
My family moved from a cozy cottage in Amityville, Long Island to a brand new spacious colonial in Sayville—20 miles further east on the island that felt rural to my Brooklyn-born parents and their families still rooted in the homeland. My parents had bought the lot six or seven years before building the house. It… Continue reading Windows and Wildlife
You don't see it too often anymore. Once it was all the rage and a must-have in every living room. It was advertised as practical and clean—every housewife's dream. Many homes I knew in my youth had plastic covers on sofas, coordinating chairs, and lampshades. Clear plastic slipcovers protected the "good" furniture from family living… Continue reading An Ode to Plastic Covered Furniture
Stories Served Served Around The Table 