Susannah’s 2018 Spring and Summer Reading List
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Mother Nature Should Take Her Meds
Yesterday was 78%. I ran in shorts and a T-shirt, a balmy breeze blowing through my hair. All day the city sang with spring weather, sidewalks filled with the sunny and cheerful. It was as though all problems were placed … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Beauty, Home, humor, nature, New York City, words
Tagged a late spring, Central Park, Global Warming, new York weather, The Little Rascals
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We Have Risen
I’ve always loved Easter Sunday ever since I was a kid. Was it the chocolate, my new patent leather Mary Janes, or the ceasefires my parents called actually speaking to one another. I can still see the lilac peeking from … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Connecticut, Gratitude, Home, humanity, kids, parents, religion
Tagged Easter baskets, Easter Sunday, lilac lillies and irises, Passover 2018, seders and family dinners, springtime
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Best Story Of The Week
When I run on the Central Park track, I’m always in the company of squirrels starting their day. I usually walk a bit, just to observe their busyness. They also remind me to stay present since they never seem worried … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Family, food, friendship, grace, Home, humanity, humor, kids, nature, New York City, parents
Tagged baseball, facing our fears, feeding the squirrels, The squirrels of Central Park, tourists
15 Comments
Visitation
My grandfather, Bartholomew Palvario, known as Pop, was my biggest role model when it comes to giving. I’ve written about it. How when I was so small, watching him rake leaves, shovel snow and bake bread not only for his … Continue reading
Posted in Connecticut, Faith, Family, Home, humanity
Tagged ghosts, paranormal activity, receiving is in the giving, remembering a loved one
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When Love Has The Last Say
In the park this morning I met a Beagle named Mike, who triggered a memory. I couldn’t have been more than 10 when it happened, so my clarity impresses even me. There was a family on our block, The Greenfields, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Connecticut, Faith, Family, friendship, grace, Home, humanity, Love, parents
Tagged Beagles, Judism, losing a child, man's best friend, St. Valentine;s Day, the loyalty of animals
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Jumpin Mac Flash
“You’re not thinking of jumping, are ya?” It’s barely light when I climb onto the running track that surrounds the Central Park Reservoir, named for Jackie O who used to circle it, just like I’m about to do. There’s hardly … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Home, humanity, New York City, Women and men
Tagged Central Parl, Jesus Christ, Love Thy Neighbor, smoking, suicide watch
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Is This Miami? No It’s Manhattan
It’s late afternoon on Friday. I’m here in tights and a T-shirt with all the windows open, a warm breeze blowing through the apartment as though I were on a cabin cruiser. Rocky, the ancient brown lab, is visiting, sacked … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Connecticut, Home, humor, nature, New York City, words, writing
Tagged brown Labradors, pet sitting, warm weather, writing shitty first drafts
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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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