I’ll be honest. We weren’t exactly excited about another long, winding drive the day after doing the Road to Hana. But our time in Maui was running out, and every local we talked to said the same thing. “You can’t leave without seeing Haleakalā.” So we looked at each other, sighed, and got in the … Read more
In Weymouth, they called him Joe Horse. His real name was Joseph Cavallo, but nobody called him that. Not at Denly’s, not on Lake Street, not at the Water Department where he worked. You see, Cavallo means horse in Italian, and Joe wore that name like a crown. He was a local legend. The kind … Read more
We were sitting around a small table at my mom’s favorite spot, Cupz and Crepes, when something hit me. It was just the five of us. Pete, Rosie, Michael, Nicole, and me. No spouses. No kids. Just my family, the original crew. I couldn’t remember the last time that had happened. Maybe we were teenagers. … Read more
I almost quit. After months of writing, editing, sharing vulnerable stories from my life, and getting nothing but silence from literary agents, I sat at my desk and thought, Maybe this is it. Maybe no one cares. But that’s not the whole story. I’ve done everything they say you’re supposed to do. I broke through … Read more