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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
CRESTED BUTTE WHERE I USED TO LIVE – SEPTEMBER 2021
Last week, we returned to Crested Butte, Colorado where we used to live. Our introduction to Crested Butte was in the winter of 1986 for...
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- Jul 20, 2021
- 5 min
LOVE & PEACE-NAMASTE!-JULY 2021
Donna Grosvenor with her grandchildren who she loved dearly. It is with a heavy heart I write this blog because a very special person,...
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- May 21, 2021
- 8 min
OUR BIRDS – May 2021
Let’s talk about birds. Yes, I said birds. Last month when I was preparing to post my monthly blog, a drama unfolded in our home. Our...
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
UPDATE TO MY APRIL 2021 BLOG
Thanks to a friend and blog reader who directed me to the Gunnison County District website. In my recent blog, I said that the library...
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- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
MY LAST JOB – APRIL 2021
We moved to Crested Butte, Colorado in 1998. I had a couple of part-time jobs after moving there. In 2001, the local newspaper advertised...
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- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
THE SUNDAY GRAVY Blog – March 2021
Most Italians know what I’m talking about when I mention the Sunday Gravy. It is a big pot of tomato sauce usually with meatballs,...
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- Jan 13, 2021
- 4 min
NEW YEAR BLOG – January 2021
When we rang in the New Year (it seems like only yesterday), I felt optimistic about 2021 but the events of the first week blew me away....
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- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
CHRISTMAS EVE FEAST – DECEMBER 2020
The picture above is from Elodia Rigante’s cookbook entitled, Italian Immigrant Cooking. When I was a kid that’s what our dining room...
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
HOW I SPENT PART OF THEQUARANTINE/LOCKdOWN – 2020
(A mailbox in my neighborhood) I couldn’t remember how long we’ve been locked down, so I looked it up. It has been since the middle of...
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- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
WOW! WHAT A TIME WE’RE IN – MARCH 2020 BLOG
I was recently reminded by an internet news item that mentioned us baby boomers grew up with the polio epidemic hanging over our heads....
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- Dec 17, 2019
- 2 min
The Albatross are Back!!!
In September, Anita and I visited an organic noni farm on Kauai where they grow and process noni, a tropical fruit with multiple...
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- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
VISIT TO AN ORGANIC NONI FARM—September 16, 2019
We had an interesting visit to an organic farm today here on Kauai that grows Noni. Noni is a fruit that grows on a tree. It looks a...
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- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
Random thoughts
In this blog, I will post my thoughts about life, entertainment, food and anything else that pops into my head. I hope you will find it...
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