Category Archives: readng

Best Story of the Week…March 7th

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

It’s Sunday at 6 a.m. as I limp to the park, my left knee mysteriously throbbing like a drum. I hear someone weeping in the distance. It’s a Latino girl in her car, crying the blues. Naturally, Joan of Bark … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Faith, humanity, humor, media, New York City, readng, Uncategorized, words, writing | Tagged Home Delivery, random acts of kindness, The New York Times, The News | 65 Comments

Mending Wall…Robert Frost

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Books, creative writing, Culture, humanity, inspiration, Politics, readng, Uncategorized, words, writing | Tagged benonbooks1.wprdpress.com, Government Shutdown 2019, Poetry, President Donald Trump, Robert Frost | 32 Comments

The Comfort Of History

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

This shutdown business has me quite undone. I can’t believe it’s still unresolved without any end in sight. What about those of us inside the wall? I went to my bookcase taking down an atlas on past presidents: Lincoln, FDR, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics, readng, Uncategorized, words, writing | Tagged American History, American presidents, President Donald Trump | 36 Comments

Run For Your Life

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I run most mornings, and have since my 20s. I ran when few did, remembering being stopped in Italy by the police to find out what exactly I was running from. “Signorina, who is’a chaz’ing yooo’?” I’m convinced it’s one … Continue reading →

Posted in History, humanity, humor, media, Politics, readng, Sports, travel, writing | Tagged exercise, History of the White House, JFK FDR White House Swimming Pool, running, US Presidents | 33 Comments

John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Lost Legacy

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I heard a story about John Kennedy Junior I had never heard before. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about someone you admire, something lost gets recovered. It’s no secret his mother raised her children … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Family, friendship, grace, Health, History, humanity, Love, men, New York City, parents, Politics, readng, writing | Tagged Good Manners, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Scribners Book Store of yore, William Shakespeare | 16 Comments

Mudslinging, a Messy Word

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m so tired of all the mudslinging, a noun meaning, the use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of another. The term muckraker comes to mind, a word Theodore Roosevelt coined in … Continue reading →

Posted in grace, humanity, internet, media, Politics, readng, Women and men, words, writing | Tagged Destroying Lives, Lives of The Saints, Louis C.K., Repentence, social media, Starting over, The English language, Yellow Journalism | 15 Comments

History Changed Me

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

When my friend David mentioned he drove to Galena, Illinois, it got me thinking of General U.S. Grant, who lived there for a time. Funny I should know that, but then again, not really. I never read much as a … Continue reading →

Posted in alcohol, Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, men, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alcoholics Anonymous, Battle of Gettysburg, Jon Meacham The Soul of America, Reading American History, The Killer Angels Michael Shaara, U.S .Grant | 29 Comments

The Shiksa Diaries

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

Shiksa is Yiddish for a non-Jewish woman, a phrase meant to be a tad insulting. Its roots stem from the Hebrew word, sheketz, meaning impure and the object of loathing. I, on the other hand, always take it as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Faith, grace, Gratitude, humanity, humor, New York City, readng, words, writing | Tagged a non-Jewish girl, helping the elderly, Leo Roston's Joys of Yiddish, random acts of kindness, speaking Hebrew, The Torah | 8 Comments

Too Hungry For Words

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I’ve been on an Agatha Christie binge immersed in her classic, uncluttered prose. Simple language, yet working your imagination as if her hero, Hercule Poirot, and you, were one. She really ignites your wanderlust since, After Death on the Nile, … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Beauty, Books, Cinema, Fashion, food, humor, readng, women, words, writing | Tagged a good appetite, Agatha Christie Myteries, All that is British, reading the classics, The English language | 17 Comments

Worst Story of the Week…September 27

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I was accosted at Starbucks by a guy I know who reads my blog. Why, has always been a mystery since he seems to HATE everything I write. As I was putting in my customary 25 packets of sugar into … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged American presidents, athingirl.com, born again Christians, differences of opinion, Kavanaugh hearings, Leadership in Turbulent times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Megan McCain's eulogy for John McCain, President Donald Trump, Twitter | 21 Comments