Our reading group met today to discuss The Aegean Dream by Dario Ciriello, which was the book picked for last month. Linda and Dario Ciriello moved to Greece in 2006. Through their experiences, we learned about the beauty and the challenges of living on the island of Skopelos. After reading the book, I feel as […]
Graduation from St. Mary’s High School
Today was Ariana’s graduation. The yellow rope is her award for Summa Cum Laude, which means the highest praise for achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 and above. The red rope which is hard to see on a red gown is for Senior Project Recognition. Mitchell, her father is on her right and […]
Nineteen Eight-Four by George Orwell Published June 6, 1949
George Orwell is the pen name used by Eric Arthur Blair who was born on June 25, 1903 in British India. Orwell suffered from tuberculosis that was diagnosed in December of 1947 until he died in January, 1950. He believed that vague writing was a powerful tool of political manipulation and it could shape the […]
Quotes for Graduation
It is graduation weekend for many high school and college students including our Ariana. Congratulations!
Writer Cullen McCullers Quotes
Born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917 in Georgia, she died on September 29, 1967 at age 50. She was a novelist in the Southern Gothic Genre. Her first novel at age 22 was The Heart is a Lonely Hunter about the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a U.S. Southern small town. […]
Richard Peck Writer Quotes
Richard Peck, born April 10, 1934 (age 81)is an American novelist, particularly for young adults. He taught junior high and high school English. He left teaching in 1971 to write his first novel, Don’t Look and It Won’t Hurt, in 1972, in which “A teenage girl struggles to understand her place within her family and […]
A Little Italian and Greek
Elaine Schmitz, author of Recipes & Recollections of My Greek-American Family, put greetings in her email to me which I asked what they meant. They are below and might be useful if you want to put in a little Italian or Greek into your story’s dialogue. In Italian: Buon giorno is Good morning, Buon pomariggio […]