THANKSGIVING BLOG – NOVEMBER 2023
Last week, Anita and I attended a presentation by Melanie Mitchell, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute. She discussed the future of...
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- Oct 19
- 2 min
NEWS FROM THE OUTER REACHES – OCTOBER 2023
This month, I’m disheartened by the war that broke out in the Middle East. I have also been following the other one going on in the...
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- Sep 26
- 3 min
NEWS FROM THE OUTER REACHES – SEPTEMBER 2023
Well, here it is—another month has gone by, and so has another summer. I’m happy to announce that this month is the fourth anniversary of...
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- Aug 29
- 3 min
NEWS FROM THE OUTER REACHES – AUGUST 2023
New Addition to Our Family We had some exciting news recently. The photos above are of our new great-grandson Caleb David Shawn...
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- Jul 30
- 4 min
WRITERS’ TOOLS – JULY 2023
In my blog, “Writers’ Tools and Suggestions – October 2021,” I wrote that I would update you on Grammarly and other tools I use for...
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- Jun 28
- 3 min
MY NEW WRITING PROJECT – JUNE 2023
I’m working on a novel that is a love story set in Italy during WWII. I’m researching the Allied campaign in Italy. Here are some...
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- May 22
- 3 min
MEETING JOHN IRVING – MAY 2023
This past weekend was the 2nd Annual Santa Fe International Literacy Festival. I attended an event on Thursday evening and several...
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- Apr 26
- 4 min
Railway Ave Tenth Anniversary – April 2023
On June 5th, it will be the tenth anniversary of publishing my first novel Railway Avenue. It has been a successful and popular novel....
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- Mar 6
- 2 min
NEWS FROM THE OUTER REACHES – MARCH 2023
As 2022 neared its end, my health turned south, and several annoying illnesses raised their head. I won’t go into the details here, but I...
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- Jan 19
- 6 min
REMODELING OUR L.A. HOUSE – JANUARY 2023
This blog was going to be a chapter in Our Hollywood Tales book, but we decided not to include it. I’m happy to share it with you now....
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- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
FISH SALAD FOR CHRISTMAS – DECEMBER 2022
This year has been a sad and difficult one. We lost close friends and relatives. Among them, Anita’s sister, Mary Cannella, passed away...
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- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
MAKING PASTA WITH MY GRANDMA – NOVEMBER 2022
(Grandpa Dominick Maio and Grandma Anna Maio) Recently, I wrote about my other grandmother – the Sicilian one. This time I’d like to tell...
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- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
GRANDMA KNEW HOW TO FRY – SEPTEMBER 2022
(Grandpa & Grandma Puglisi) Growing up, my mother often fried veal cutlets and eggplant. The fried eggplant was used in eggplant...
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- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
MY LATEST NEWS – AUGUST 2022
This is the first blog I have written in a while. I was busy writing and publishing a new book. Anita and I wrote and published, Our...
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- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
BLOGGING ON MY BIRTHDAY – JUNE 1, 2022
Yes, it’s my birthday today, seventy-seven years old. I can’t believe I made it this far. At this age, I’m thankful for a lot of things....
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- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
NEWS FROM THE WRITING TRENCHES—APRIL 2022
I didn’t think I would get a blog out this month. I’ve been working on the new book OUR HOLLYWOOD LIVES with Anita’s help. I just...
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- Mar 30, 2022
- 6 min
CANDY STORES – MARCH 2022
I’ve been thinking about candy stores lately—maybe because I don’t see them around anymore, not like the ones from my youth. There are...
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- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
MY LATEST NEWS – MY NEW BOOK & MY INTERVIEW - FEBRUARY 2022
This has been a busy month for me. I’ve been working to edit and clean up my new book OUR HOLLYWOOD TALES. I’ve re-written a lot of it,...
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- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
Be My Baby – January 2022
Ronnie Spector of the 1960s singing group, The Ronettes, recent passing stirred up emotions and a lot of memories for me. They didn’t...
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
CHRISTMAS TREES – DECEMBER 2021
They have been saying that Christmas trees are expensive this year. I took a look at the trees at Whole Foods last week. They were $69.99...
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