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KILKENNY KNIGHTS...DUBLIN DAZE
I did not go gently into this trip to Ireland; there were miles of worry before I left. On the final day I had to decide whether to go or not, I saw a quote from 92 year-old Willie Nelson on how he came to the fine art of not worrying. An art lost on me. This led to another admonishment from my younger son that I should go and stop worrying. He did point out that he understood that I couldn’t…
To Mamma...With Love and Memory
You would think the passage of time renders the memories more faded, more fleeting. It doesn’t. It seems that the near two decades of my mother’s demise resonates in my heart louder with each passing year. It is so cliché to remember only the good times, the fond feelings of a mother’s love, but when the dynamic is that of two females, the regrets can creep silently in the shadows. You can’t…
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Before I had my sons, I had six or more miscarriages in half the amount of years. I travelled a lot for work back then. I spent a lot of time observing babies on planes. They were a source of pain and wonder back then. At times I would look at them and the high tide of hope would have me think, “I wonder when, not if, I will be a mother”. Then when hope would go crashing out against the…
DOG NOT DOGE
There’s nothing like being a writer and being asked the literary equivalent of “where ya been?” This was essentially the question I got at a party a few weeks ago from a few folks. When are you going to write something again or it’s been a while since you wrote anything. As if the totally annoying writer’s block I’ve had for months and months now was done on purpose. As if I preferred to keep…
Livin' in Tulsa Time
If you’re going to the Wailing Wall you grab your best Jewish friend. If you’re going to the Bob Dylan Center you grab April. And that’s how we ended up living in Tulsa time in Oklahoma, where the wind goes whipping down your face for four days. But you don’t sit with her on the tiny little American Eagle CRJ700 plane because American was nice enough to give you first class. After a bus ride…
SNIPPETS...Part 2
Those random thoughts that run round my head, looking for a piece to land in. My writerly laziness has not yet found a home for them. And so another round of snippets.. Seek out those from whom your heart need not be hidden. Fall madly passionately in love with many but never marry any. Marry someone you like and love will follow. How shall the masses be entertained without false news to rot…
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We Give Them Home
We give them home. That is what a landlord does. It’s a powerful and humbling proposition. Living in the worst city in the entire country with the greatest number of people without that basic function, this enterprise weighs heavy. Who are we? The people who open their homes or building or havens to others and allow them to share this space called home. I’m not talking about the corporate…
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To Yoli...With Love
There are people in your life you may know for over 30 years who never become more than a passing acquaintance or part of a larger group of friends. Then there are those you meet for 30 minutes and you just know you’ll become the best of friends. Yoli was such a person to me. I can’t pinpoint exactly when I met her. She defies any external calendar for me. Our time together is measured in…
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WANDER, LUV
I made the left turn onto Crown Valley Parkway. The San Diego freeway entrance was two tenths of a mile ahead. I was in the correct right lane. I get onto the freeway and immediately reach for the cellphone to put in HOME for directions. The voice in my head, which talks to me more often that I would like it to, asked, what the hell are you doing? You just came down an hour ago and you don’t…
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Telework Resurrection
Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip’s uncle, once said, “At a certain age, one becomes an observer and is no longer a participant.” Saying it on the TV show, The Crown, counts. Being retired from the federal government for the past decade, I can certainly understand what he meant. I don’t see myself as a participant in this pandemic. I lost no job. I have no children to home school or elderly…
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2023 New Year's Resolutions
2023 New Year’s Resolutions
More art less plays.. Time to visit all those amazing popups and art institutions we have around LA plus it’s cheaper than plays. So first up the Titanic and ArtShare LA in January, then Frieze in February. That new art gallery in Caesars palace in May, dash of the Bruce exhibit at the Grammy, finally a schlep to the Getty Villa and well who knows what else will pop up this year. No more…
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Two Bossy Broads Travel Abroad — Wanderlust
Two Bossy Broads Travel Abroad — Wanderlust
by Maddalena Beltrami. I mentioned to my friend, Sandi, that I wanted to go to Liverpool. Yes, please, she replied. Could two bossy broads travel abroad together? As it turns out, she dislikes making travel arrangements and leaves that to her husband. I, on the other hand, won’t even allow someone to buy me a bus ticket. And […] Two Bossy Broads Travel Abroad — Wanderlust
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BABE
I wasn’t going to write about the play BABE I saw the other night, because frankly I was too sleepy these days from waking up every hour on the hour, but then I made the mistake of reading the LA Times review yesterday. He began the piece with Where Have All the Theater Goers Gone!! With boring, esoteric reviews like that I can tell you where they went. So my take now. THE CAST: Four…
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To Kill a Mockingbird Revisited
To Kill a Mockingbird Revisited
I want to tell you something I think is important, especially for those raising teenagers and young adults. I have been an avid reader my whole life starting at eight years old. Last night at 65 years old, I saw the play, To Kill A Mockingbird. I can’t remember the exact year that I read this book, sometime in my late teens, high school, perhaps, or shortly thereafter. I saw the movie also…
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Banjo Eyes With Mascara
Banjo Eyes With Mascara
ONSTAGE411 (fake voice- it’s a website for Heaven’s sake): Hey Maddalena, could you run up to see the premiere of “Banjo Eyes With Mascara” at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks tonight if we give you free tickets? It’s about Eddie Cantor’s granddaug- MADDALENA: Who cares what it’s about, I’m on it! Thanks! THE CAST/THE PLAYWRIGHT: A one woman show starring and written by Amanda Gari, Eddie…
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LIVERPOOL BATH GUERNSEY
I mentioned to my friend, Sandi, that I wanted to go to Liverpool. Yes, please, she replied. Could two bossy broads travel abroad together? As it turns out, she dislikes making travel arrangements and leaves that to her husband. I, on the other hand, won’t even allow someone to buy me a bus ticket. And so began the plan: Liverpool and the Beatles for both of us, Bath and Stonehenge for Sandi…
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To the Marbury Marlboro Man
To the Marbury Marlboro Man
It was sometime in 1985. I was a 28 year-old working for the Feds at JFK Airport in New York City. My work had me traveling to Washington DC several times throughout the year. My lodging of choice was the Marbury Hotel at the edge of Georgetown. My nightly routine was dinner then flirting with the bartenders at my favorite Georgetown haunts. My trips were often accompanied by a few other…
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