Category Archives: Love

Inspirational

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

Be The person you want to come home to. Blessed are the peacemakers… If you light a lamp for somebody it will also brighten your path. Buddha Praise loudly, blame softly…feelings aren’t facts. Blessed are the meek… The future is … Continue reading →

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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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Oval and Out: U.S. Presidents

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

Richard Nixon in 1971 while president, pardoned Jimmy Hoffa, president of the Teamster’s Union after five years into serving a thirteen year prison sentence for jury tampering, mail fraud and bribery.  Why I wonder did he feel sorry for someone … Continue reading →

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Life On The Train

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

Downtown Local C Train  Before even getting settled see that New York is nuttier than ever.  Makes me think of George Carlin’s great line after he got sober.  “Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the … Continue reading →

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When Kindness Needs No Translation

Posted on May 27, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

   I go out every day around 5 a.m. to walk, first buying a banana from the all-night fruit man.   He’s there bundled on his battered apple crate, phone in one hand with his dogeared Koran across his lap. … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day 2026

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

   I wrote this in 2016.   Ten years later to quote Abraham Lincoln, we need to bind up the nation’s wounds.  Though she’s limping still with her head held high, I’m confident will prevail, or all the lives lost … Continue reading →

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Kindness Questioned

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 A neighbor overheard Danny the mailman thank me for a book I had left him.  “I’m curious,” she said, “why are you so nice?”  Her question kind of stopped me in my tracks. Since learning the pause rule so not … Continue reading →

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Cattin’ Around

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

 I have an unexpected houseguest. Her name is Alice and she’s the size of a tank. No, she’s not my aunt. She’s the cat belonging to a woman in the building who had an emergency and needed to leave town. … Continue reading →

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Watching The World Go By

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Susannah Bianchi

  May 4th   7: a.m.   I’m at an outdoor cafe called Nino’s, its sign’s second n missing.   I like it here because the woman without asking steams my milk. It takes little to make me happy, my Franciscan … 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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