That Dog-gone Kousa Dogwood
A tree grows in Fairfield, in our backyard, taking over the garden, the house, and the patio. The Kousa Dogwood in bloom is gorgeous. In one month all the flowers turn brown and ripen into juicy berries with a bitter/astringent taste. The exterior of the berry is...
COAST OF THE ALGARVE
I haven't been to the French Rivera. I haven't been to the cliffs of Amalfi. I have driven, toured and run the soft sparkly sand through my fingers at the Algarve. The Algarve is Praia eo Camilo (Lagos)150 kilometers/90 miles of coastline. We drove to S. Vicente, the...
Indie Author Day Is Coming Soon.
On Saturday, October 12, libraries across North America (and the world) will be celebrating INDIE AUTHOR DAY. It's the third annual event celebrating indie (self-published) authors in their home towns and cities. And it truly gets better every year! I'll be one of...
Mangia! Mangia! Mangia!
I have a recipe for you today straight from Mrs. Maniscalco's kitchen. About 70 years ago, I babysat for Mrs. Maniscalco's grandson, Bennett. They lived above my parents' variety store in Brooklyn. The one remark from her that stands out to me was, "Never skim off the...
Author Claire Gem Interviews Gail Ingis
The following is an interview that author Claire Gem did with me. I wanted to share it with you: Today I’m honored to host author/artist/Brooklyn born blonde Gail Ingis to talk about her new release, The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin. Gilded Age Heiresses comes to life...
Tenacious . . . Who Me? Why Not?
This blog is a revision and a reminder that The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin will be published a few days from today. I'm preparing a letter with the link to the Amazon review page that will post just after midnight for my ARC readers. There's no point in posting the...
From Grammar Revolution to Writer’s Evolution
Now that my book is finally settled with KDP and Draft2Digital, and it's up for PreOrder on all the retailers, Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, everywhere, even Toliino, I'm seeking grammar lessons to begin writing book 2 in the Gilded Age Heiresses about Mia and the...
HOOT N’ HOLLER
Square dancing has been around since America began . . . it is a mixture of music and dance from here and there and everywhere. Now, in 2015, it is known as modern western square dancing. And then there is Round dancing and the Virginia Reel. All of this is big time hand clapping, foot stomping fun.
Good book reads . . .
My New Book: The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin - Allie Baldwin lives with her family across the street from New York's Central Park. She is a suffragette! 16th May 1911: British suffragette Charlotte Despard (1844 - 1939) (wearing a white waistcoat) heads a march of the...
Pre-Order “The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin: the Gilded Age Heiresses”
Educational donation to Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum for each book pre-ordered. Pre-Order the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=unforgettable+miss+baldwin+by+gail+ingis&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss What’s that mean? Per-order dessert, that what I...
My Boys and their Toys (and their hobby square dance calling)
This is us Stephen, Paul, Gail, Tom I love cars! A convertible has always been on my bucket list. If you know anything about cars, this one is a dream, an Audi S5, super-duper hot rod, shiny blue and it drives itself. Just what any car affection ado would want. Oh...
Metadata for Miss Baldwin and Ms. Ingis
*Gilded Age Heiresses: The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin (She lives across from Central Park, spends lots of time there and that's where she and Captyn are in the photo.) Opposites attract in this historical romance when a young suffragette foregoes the obedience of...
Second round of edits!
Gilded Age Heiresses: The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin. My book is in its second round of edits. This blog is to let you know how close I am to production. It looks like a September launch is a possibility. In the meantime, my book cover is here for your perusal and...
The Headscarf
I wish she would turn around with the wrap around head scarf Gail Ingis is wearing flat head scarf saving her hair from the damp weather Headscarves are fashionable. Especially on a bad hair day. I’ve been practicing wearing them. With my long hair, a bad hair day can...
Tennis for everyone
Teaching kids with learning disabilities. Roll the ball into the center. All did it! In 2017, the USTA (United State Tennis Association) invited the USPTA (United States Professional Tennis Association), a tennis teaching organization in Houston, to join them in being...
Are your beauty products laden with harsh chemicals?
Triclosan In case you missed this one, this blog is a repeat of the third in a series about skin care products. I believe that beautycounter (one word,) a young progressive company, has made a difference in waking up an unregulated industry. I am pleased to represent...
Beautycounter mission: Clean skin care for everyone
Beautycounter story Like many of you, I'm a wife and mom—and, like many of you, I didn't know what I didn't know. As I applied sunscreen, lotion, and any number of beauty products on myself and my kids, I never thought for a second they might not be safe: After all, I...
It wasn’t always a museum!
Unlike the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this building wasn't always a museum, it was the country home, first for the Lockwood's, then the Mathew's. Lockwood–Mathews Mansion is a Second Empire style country house, now a museum, at 295 West Avenue in Norwalk,...