BETTY IN THE USA
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Category: History
Celebrating Your Roots on St. Patrick’s Day and Every Day of the Year
Celebrating my Irish heritage today by remembering my maternal grandparents, James Britt Donovan and Mary McKenna Donovan, and my paternal grandmother Irene Carley Amorosi & Dr. Leo Amorosi (albeit the Italian branch!), as well as honoring my maternal great-grandparents, Dr….
Read MoreTHE ART OF THE HANDWRITTEN LETTER-A “Love Letter” to “41”
A tribute to our 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Read MoreCelebrating Easter and Passover with Traditions, Memories & a Bridge of Common Ground
So many beautiful images and powerful symbols embody the spirit of Easter, Passover, and Spring. In fact, Easter and Passover are linked by their symbolism and by their positions in the calendar governed by the sun and the moon. According…
Read MoreA Few of My Favorite Things
It’s always fun to talk about movies, especially during Oscar/awards season. Like most, I have my own personal favorites list, the classics that are on most everyone’s lists, and then a few outliers that I just adore and will always…
Read MoreBUILDING BRIDGES TO WHEN BROOKLYN WAS THE WORLD
When Brooklyn was the World is a book I gave to my grandmother years ago for Christmas. Its title is very apropos to my grandmother’s feelings about Brooklyn, as Brooklyn was not only “the world” for the first part of…
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