Category Archives: alcohol

How bout I Throw the Book At You

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 I’m in Target, my home away from home, looking at their new books many with 30% 0ff.  I’m perusing Jill Biden’s new memoir, View From The East Wing, that’s one of them.  A middle-aged man in a seersucker suit stops … Continue reading →

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Abe Was Right

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

   Abraham Lincoln said, folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.    I first read that on the Al-Anon bookmark they present you entering the program. It meant little at the time.   Knowing we … Continue reading →

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Historically Speaking

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

Being with them was like sitting between two lions roaring at the same time…Mary Soames, the youngest of Winston Churchill’s five children on her father’s relationship with Franklin Roosevelt.   Churchill said…meeting Roosevelt was like opening a bottle of champagne. … Continue reading →

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Life On The Train

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

Downtown Number 5 Train 10:30 a.m.  Since it’s past rush hour everyone has a seat.  I’m cold and cranky trying not to show it since my sneakers are soaked after a man rushing for a cab, pushed me into a … Continue reading →

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Easter People

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 The original piece with this title was deleted. I felt it was not uplifting nor appropriate. Thank you for the readers who left comments. They were very appreciated.  I wish everyone celebrating Easter a peaceful one. Susannah

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May I Have A Word?

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 The adjective, postprandial, inspired this. It came up three times in a novel I’m rereading.  It’s what happens or what one does after a meal.  Do you go for a stroll or nap in a chair?  Did you suffer postprandial … Continue reading →

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Grace Light And Sweet

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

  1:00 a.m.  There’s nothing like an all-night coffee shop when you can’t sleep. It’s what happens falling asleep too early while reading. You wake up in the middle of the night thinking it’s time for breakfast.   I know, … Continue reading →

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Life On The Train

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 Downtown Number 6   10:30 a.m.  Cold be damned. I need to go to the 42nd Street Library to get a special gift. This is when I wish my incessant thoughtfulness would take a hike.  But we are who we are. … Continue reading →

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Minus 6 Degrees Of Separation

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 Sunday 4: 30 a.m.    I can’t get over how cold it is and that truly, if I’m smart, will not venture out.   My doorman with his many layers looks like someone sneaking out without paying from a cheap … Continue reading →

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Notes From The Carlyle

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

  It feels as if I’ve reentered my former life even though I’m not at the bar, instead in the little red room off of it having coffee.    I’m stalling not to have to go the Apple Store across … Continue reading →

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