Still Amazed - Cynthia Carbone

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Thinking About Aunt Mary

Thinking About Aunt Mary

Memoir, Family History, PoetrycynthiaJuly 14, 2010Aunt Mary, elderly parents, family, oral history, wisdom, Linda Pastan, Departures, advice, Orange County CA Comments

Writing As Therapy (Again)

Writing As Therapy (Again)

Family History, Friends, On WritingcynthiaJuly 9, 2010Solvang, regret, dreams, bike ride, family history, Istanbul, friendship, friends, guiltComment

Only One Thing Counts

Only One Thing Counts

Family History, MemoircynthiaMarch 29, 2010family, fathers, growing up, Saverio William CarboneComment

Beneath A Beach Umbrella

Beneath A Beach Umbrella

Memoir, Family HistorycynthiaFebruary 5, 2010Florida, old photographs, family history, Daddy, my grandfather, Uncle Joe, memoir, ties Comment

Scanning Old Photographs

Scanning Old Photographs

Family HistorycynthiaJanuary 17, 2010old photographs, family history, myth-making, looking back, Sharon Olds, siblings, Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn Comment

Mean Streets, Happy Canyon

Mean Streets, Happy Canyon

Memoir, Family HistorycynthiaSeptember 25, 2009travel, Orange County, family, hard times, troubled kids, addiction, downward spirals, conbtrastsComment

The Good-bye Part

The Good-bye Part

Memoir, Family History, TravelcynthiaJune 26, 2009loss, Oxford, saying good-bye, Miranda, daughter, family history, Long Island, Long Island home fire Comments

World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think

World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think

Family History, MemoircynthiaJune 26, 2009Boscoreale, Italy, travel, family history, Pinuccio, Luca, Amalfi Coast, Castellammare, Naples, Louis MacNieceComment

That Recurring Dream in Which I Return to My Childhood Home

That Recurring Dream in Which I Return to My Childhood Home

Family History, Memoir, On WritingcynthiaMarch 9, 2009childhood, dreams, my mother Comments