Category Archives: The Big Ordeal

The holidays have always been about family, food and traditions. For me, that mostly meant Christmas Eve gatherings of 20 or more cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, for a feast guided by the Italian custom of seven fishes, and a tree piled high with presents. There was always a sense of abundance—of love, of family, ofContinue reading “Holiday Cheer”

I am a little distracted these days. Given the pandemic and politics and the constant concern for cancer, a little distraction is a good thing. Especially this kind of distraction – a new puppy. A sleep destroying, heart-string tugging, three-pound wriggling bucket of love named Orsino.