Category Archives: war

Memorial Day…2025

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

       In my essay, Things You Don’t Know About Me, had mentioned helping a homeless man get his dog back.       Though it was many years ago, remembered he was a Vietnam Veteran; memory, once alerted, … Continue reading →

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Did You Know…The Kennedy Hubris Edition

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

  Hubris is the Greek word for pride or arrogant self-confidence; a trait the Kennedys all have in their DNA.   When you review their history it’s stunning how it repeats itself;   entitled behavior too often ending in tragedy. … Continue reading →

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Life On The Train

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

Number 6 Local     I’m nestled in a seat reading, thanks to the car being only half full with mid-morning travelers.    Peace reigns till Grand Central where a mob no doubt will be waiting, one time I’ll hate … Continue reading →

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Kindness Gone Missing

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

   I had someone question why I cared so much about President Zelensky enough to write about him.   Let me say, pausing to take in stupidity is an art. The person thinking Donald Trump should be applauded should be … Continue reading →

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The Zelensky Affair

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

   I rarely pen anything political, but the meeting that took place on Friday between Mr. Zelensky and Mr. Trump is haunting. It wasn’t necessarily what was said, but how.   Respect was absent in the Oval Office when it … Continue reading →

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Putting It To Rest

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

  I have a thing for graveyards and cemeteries. I like visiting, always placing a stone down to say I was there;  Alexander Hamilton buried in Trinity Churchyard; Herman Melville and Miles Davis at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.   … Continue reading →

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Did You Know…First Edition 2025

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Susannah Bianchi

Actress Mariska Hargitay better known as Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit, is the daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield and Body Builder, Mickey Hargitay. She was 3 years-old in 1967 when her mother at 34 along with … Continue reading →

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Bullet points

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Susannah Bianchi

Why did the media go bananas when Jill Biden was cordial to Donald Trump when they met at the reopening celebration of Notre-Dame?  Why is rude the norm and politeness the rarity?  Should pleasantness be that extraordinary? December 8 marked … Continue reading →

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If Lincoln Had Email

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Susannah Bianchi

   It’s well known that after Abraham Lincoln died, angry letters he never sent were found in his desk drawer.   The most famous one he wrote was to General George Meade after the Battle of Gettysburg, chastising him for … Continue reading →

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Some Of Us Will Never Forget

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Susannah Bianchi

  It was unusual for me not to post an essay on the 23rd Anniversary of September 11, 2001.   I decided, after always having someone make a snarky remark of how I should just let it go, to do … Continue reading →

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