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T.C. O’Leary’s
My husband loves Guinness, so that’s what he’ll be drinking on St. Patrick’s day. I don’t drink beer, so I’ll opt for a wee bit

Secret History of Paris
I love Paris. I love the song by that title (singing it as well as listening to it), and I love the city, even when

Hamantaschen
I love mid-March. We have Pi Day on the fourteenth for us math geeks, the Ides of March on the fifteenth for us literary geeks,

Woodblock Prints of Kawase Hausuri
Several weeks ago, the sun poked through the clouds and broke the winter gloom. My husband and I had to get out of the house,

The Bowery Boys
On a recent Saturday morning, I logged onto Zoom for a group session with other writers. I love connecting with this group and talking about

Furmint February
Happy Furmint February! Wait, what? My spell checker has no idea what Furmint is, nor did I before my wine course. Now I know that

Art of the Nabis
I love art, but I have rarely finished viewing a museum exhibit and thought: “Wow! I want to see that again.” Yet that’s exactly what

I’ll Be Seeing You
“What would life be like if you didn’t see magic?” asked Rickie Lee Jones* Magic in life. Magic in music. That’s what I’ve always heard