Friday, September 05, 2025

TRAUMA DRAMA, Chapter One

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By Bonnie Hayden I was told I walked early. I don't remember. I once saw a picture of "baby Bonnie" -- ME -- standing in...

DRAMA QUEEN: How I Met Bonnie Hayden

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By Claudia Ricci I had the distinct privilege of meeting Bonnie Hayden, of Pittsfield, MA, only a few short weeks ago. Three, perhaps? Hon...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

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Sunday, August 31, 2025

MEET Bonnie Hayden, USE THIS MATERIAL IN A FUTURE CLAUDIA CHAPTER****

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Bonnie Hayden, of Pittsfield, MA, has a life story you might not believe -- or want to believe, not at first, anyway, because Bonnie has suf...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Ancestors Are Whispering in My Ears, Telling the Story of the Two Dante Antonios

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As hard as it is to believe, I am now beginning to understand that I may be writing another novel, another tale about another ancestor, this...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Story of Clementina, o "La Storia de mi Bis Nonna!"

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July 16, 2025 1:13 pm I spoke to Sarah Williams a few minutes ago on the phone. Sarah, a massage therapist in Lenox, MA, who spent a year...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Finding Filomena is Coming Out in Paperback!

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Nancy Dunlop, an extraordinary poet, is the author of a fabulous chapbook called “Hospital Poems,” but she’s also really into reading memoi...
Friday, May 16, 2025

What a Small Small World it Is! Also, a Print Version of My Novel is Coming Soon

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My neighbor Lana Israel is leaving Massachusetts, moving back to Rhode Island to live near family, so a few friends and I took her out to lu...
Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Finding Filomena is now available as an ebook on on Amazon.com and also, on Kobo.com . An old black and white photo of a young woman, bu...
Sunday, April 06, 2025

Thank You Mom and Dad, for Helping Me Write "Finding Filomena!"

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I wasn't going to post this chapter. I kept telling myself it's just too kooky and "out there" and people might doubt my s...