One of my relatives visited Pike Place Market in Seattle recently and took home a memory souvenir. What’s a memory…
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An Italian Immigrant Story
My mother was an Italian immigrant. That’s her in the passport photo. Mom’s the baby. My grandmother, Fortunata, is the…
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Travel Guides and Writing Historical Fiction
I consulted travel guides as I wrote a novel set in World War I Egypt. I’ve personally visited the other locations…
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Serendipity and Research
I’m just back from a two-week swing through Tennessee and Kentucky where I spent six days in libraries and the…
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