A talented director entertains, a gifted one elevates. This weekend in a high school theatre that has blown us away more often than we can count, we once again transcended a story we had heard all our lives. This time Peter Pan and his faithful, naughty sidekick Tinkerbell led us to Neverland, a place at [...]
Month: May 2013
The extraordinary impact of an ordinary life
Like the well-tailored clothes she chose with charming regularity, my Grandma left a legacy of timeless elegance. Yesterday would have been her 100th birthday and my mother urged us all to celebrate with a generous slice of chocolate fudge cake, her signature dessert. She also made perfect peach pie, bourbon balls and chocolate chip cookies, [...]
You’ll Never Walk Alone
We trudged through the rain on Saturday, a three-generational team in an age-old battle against a scary disease.Cancer attacks with stealth; its biggest ally is silence, its greatest enemy is knowledge. Races like the 31st annual American Cancer Society Sole Burner 5k, which draws nearly 8,000 participants each year, provide a worthy nemesis for cancer, [...]
The Gifts from my Grandmas (a post by Mary Margaret)
Faithful Blog-reader, I’m terribly sorry to have misled you, but my name isn’t really Molly. No, like Molly Pitcher and Molly Lincoln, my real name is Mary. Mary Margaret Biskupic. I’m fortunate enough to be named after both of my Grandmas. One of the greatest gifts my parents ever gave was my name, because with [...]
Gee Wiz I had a Spanish teacher muy excelente
Thanks to the quirky magic of Facebook, the first person to wish me a Happy Birthday this year was my high school Spanish teacher. "¡Feliz cumpleaños, Laura! Desde Chile donde estamos de vacaciones. GWizz" Gee Wiz, that message thrilled me, though we probably hadn't spoken in more than 30 years! Gladys Wisnefske brought an enticing element of savoir faire to [...]