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Post Wedding & Pre-Book Launch Coffee Share

Good morning, Everyone. It's a rainy  Sunday on the shore south of Long Island—nothing unusual for April. I have been absent for a few weeks. A lot has happened and is happening. Pour your brew. Let’s catch up. If we were having coffee together, I would brag my daughter’s wedding was absolutely wonderful. We had… Continue reading Post Wedding & Pre-Book Launch Coffee Share

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Where does Famous Seaweed Soup Take Place?

Another answer to a Curious Famous Seaweed Soup question.

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The Wedding Dress Part 3

We last left the story on my wedding day, June 1979. I wore the wedding dress my grandmother sewed and my mother wore. Within ten weeks, my sister, Mary, married under the Truglio Dome in the backyard. Despite the rain the day before and in the morning, the sun came out and dried up the… Continue reading The Wedding Dress Part 3

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The Wedding Dress Part 2

We last left off the story in June 1956 when my mom walked down the church aisle wearing the wedding dress made by her mother. For twenty-two years the gown lay in a sealed box, preserved for whatever may come. In August 1978, my high school prom date, college boyfriend, Matt, proposed. It was so… Continue reading The Wedding Dress Part 2