Susannah’s 2018 Spring and Summer Reading List
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Category Archives: alcohol
I’m Your Goomba, No Matta What
Goomba is Italian slang for friend, and I’m a good one, and stay one, no matter what you do. “Oh, so they dug up heads in your backyard? Hmm, are you in jail? Can I bring you anything?” “I just … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, animals, Family, food, History, Home, humanity, humor, kids, parents, violence, words
Tagged code of silence, homemade wine, keeping a straight face, long term friendship, The Godfather
11 Comments
Raccoons Anonymous
It’s 6 a.m., not quite first light, as I run towards daybreak. Suddenly I hear a screech, like a car careening around a corner, but of course there are none since the park is still closed. A couple running ahead … Continue reading
A Nutty Word.
I’m on a novel kick these days, a real change from memoir and historical bios. I’m so enjoying the language, like the word chestnut, I found twice in two different books. Not the nut roasting on an open fire, but the term for … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Books, food, History, humanity, media, New York City, readng, words, writing
Tagged Alec Baldwin, I Love Lucy, story telling, The English language, the love of words, Webster's Dictionary
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Edwina Allan Poe
I seem to be giving the term cranky all new meaning, blaming it on the weather, but it dawned on me, I’m kinda like this all year round. All writers are moody, I’m told. I try finding comfort in this, … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, animals, Gratitude, humanity, humor, Love, New York City, sexual relationships, Women and men, writing
Tagged Depression, Edgar Allan Poe, past loves, Self-care, sobriety
32 Comments
The Tortoise and the Hair
Now I’ve seen everything. It’s not unusual nowadays to see those asking for money with pets at their side. Dogs, cats…and they get me every time. I see those big eyes of a Pitt or a kitten curled up, and just … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, animals, food, friendship, humanity, humor, New York City
Tagged Big hair-dos, can you spare some change, the homeless and their animals, turtles
23 Comments
Be Who You Are
Life is too short not to be who you are. It’s a pity many of us don’t learn that till we’re older. I have two acquaintances, both gay who won’t come out of the closet. One, in his 60s can’t … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Connecticut, Faith, Family, grace, humanity, Women and men, words
Tagged adult children of alcoholics, brutal honesty with oneself, rising up off the mat
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New Year’s Revolution
No, that’s not one of my famous typos, it’s how I’m approaching 2018, like a WAC, going to war. It’s interesting how army women are called WACS, short for Women’s Army Core. Wonder whose testosterone was overflowing when that … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Faith, Gratitude, History, humanity, humor, internet, Politics, words, writing
Tagged Bobby Kennedy, children of alcoholics, New Year's resolutions, self-improvement, Women in the military
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The Last Noel
I’m here thinking of Christmases I can’t help but to remember, like war wounds, when it rains. Before I turn them into sci-fi, let me say, my mother loved the holidays. She was Mrs. Claus, with a spaghetti strainer in … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, animals, Connecticut, Family, Fashion, food, Home, humor, kids
Tagged childhood memories, Christmas in Connecticut, crazy parents, drinking, The great late Nora Ephron
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A Dull Utterance
A friend or foe, depending how you take it, said my daily utterances, as they put it, have become a tad dull. Excuse me, while I slip my head in the oven. They miss my monthly Carlyle pieces, and I … Continue reading
