Welcome to my blog, It’s a Writing Life! The title reflects my lifelong joy in writing about interesting and involved people, current events, business and civic interests, history, sports as well as research-driven and travel-related subjects. It also includes deep dives on family histories, ancestry and any subject that expands my learning curve. In a word, everything I love.
For the past few years, I have been writing freelance articles for publications such as Architectural Digest (AD it yourself) and Naples Illustrated, a Naples, Florida lifestyle magazine. As a professional writer, I’ve had the pleasure and honor of writing about fun do-it-yourself home projects as well as many dynamic and engaged people and organizations. Learning about their work is truly inspiring. You can check out my recent work here, including two feature articles that won Florida Magazine Association (FMA) Charlie Awards in 2021 and 2022.
During the same trip to Europe that Bill, Tina and I took back in mid-March 2011, we also spent two days in Paris, in addition to our time in London. Our first morning in Paris brought warm weather and sunny skies. Bill headed off early to meet up with business colleagues at a conference where he was scheduled to make
In 2011, Bill had a business trip to London and Paris and asked if I would like to come along. “Bien sur,” I replied, and quickly figured out how I would extricate myself from daily life at our house in Connecticut. By sheer chance, I mentioned the trip to my sister, Tina. It turned out that she had a free
Just about my favorite place in the whole world is our family’s beach house in Rhode Island. The minute I walk in the door, all I can think about is getting to the beach, seeing family and friends and relaxing in a house that has a lower threshold of responsibilities (at least during July and August). During a brief visit
My mother created many lifelong friendships during her time working for the OWI in New York, London and Paris. Three of them, among others, were her colleague Margaret McElderry, the Cornet family in Paris and Katherine Harding in London. Margaret McElderry Margaret McElderry (1949) – Source: Family Photos A central character in the book, Elsa Sparks, is based on Margaret
One of my interests in writing my yet-to-be published book, The French Desk – A Brooklyn Gal’s Journey into Wartime Propaganda, has been to tell the story of my mother’s life experiences before she was married. During WWII, she worked for the Office of War Information from October, 1942 – August, 1945. I always felt the propaganda work she was involved
