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The Perfect Arancini

Posted on February 18, 2021 by marigold

Just published in Italy Time: (sorry, have to click link to read it.) https://mailchi.mp/572db561a5cc/original-italian-food-and-theatre?fbclid=IwAR00jzQPj-uozzHT8ADQULyw0Fz5E0ED3wj9vmiAbCP4ztkZF-xRY-pxd6s NO recipe because I’m not big on frying and that’s how to make this. How about leaving it at a nice glass of a good Italian … Continue reading →

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May the Road Rise Up to Meet You…

Posted on January 4, 2021 by marigold

In a fit of ‘here’s to 2021’ partly inspired by The New York Times, during the seemingly endless New Year’s weekend, a friend and I went to the brand-new Moynihan Train Hall. Governor Cuomo called the building “deeply hopeful” and … Continue reading →

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What Decked Halls?

Posted on December 25, 2020 by marigold

For the first time in my life I have no Christmas tree. The Victorian skaters that usually grace my dining room table are in the basement in a box. No Santa perched on a tiny sleigh piled with tiny packages, … Continue reading →

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Felonious

Posted on December 7, 2020 by marigold

I love Sake, the fifth cat in my life, but it’s a little like adoring a child in mid-meltdown. She has a tendency to nip when she wants attention and would like me to play with her 24/7. Last November … Continue reading →

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My Oregon Trail in the Time of Covid

Posted on November 25, 2020 by marigold

Just published. Sorry about the ads inserted at site. To read click link: Traveling the Oregon Trail in the Time of COVID    

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VOTE 2020

Posted on October 27, 2020 by marigold

Armed with a filled-in absentee ballot I went to vote at the Robert F. Wagner Middle School on East 75th Street. Me and lots of other people. I arrived at 10:15 when the double lines stretched around the block as … Continue reading →

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Northeast Travels

Posted on September 15, 2020 by marigold

In this weird season of blur, I’ve been lucky enough to travel a few times. I visited family in Hopkinton, MA, going by train to Providence, RI where I sampled a hot dog at Haven Brothers,  a long-lived local institution. … Continue reading →

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Civics Lessons

Posted on September 2, 2020 by marigold

  Over the weekend a friend and I went to the new Monumental Women sculpture in Central Park. The women shown are 19th century women’s rights activists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (both New Yorkers) and Sojourner Truth, … Continue reading →

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Posted on August 15, 2020 by marigold

In this, the grimmest summer I can recall, a kind friend invited me to visit her at the beach. Her particular Hamp is relatively close so we whizzed out in her little red car. It had been so long since … Continue reading →

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This Butterfly Isn’t Free

Posted on July 15, 2020 by marigold

Little did I think there would be a connection between Gender in Modern Jewish History, via Zoom (what else?), at Hunter College, and a whirling butterfly cat toy. Gender is the course I’m currently taking, following two others since the … Continue reading →

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