Gingerbread: A Sicilian-Canadian Tradition
In December 2015 I sent out a celebratory email about the gingerbread houses I’d made…
2017
Holiday Memories
Our holiday celebrations always began with Italian Christmas Eve fare: fish and seafood,…
The Gentrification of Griffintown
Dedicated to my grandmother Maria Luisa Agostino, my great-aunt Carmela and my…
The Art of François Morelli
Myth has it that the beginning of drawing has its foundation in the hand-trace,…
Loss of Teenage Dreams
I don’t know if he has recognized me. Frank Spadari. He’s even more handsome now with…
Canadian Problems
It’s a Canadian problem. When you’re overseas, people don’t know what to make of…
Zia
I re-read the telegram for the third time. But the message would not change. Zia had…
Poppy Crackers
Cat jumped into the backseat, asked for snacks and Shawn Mendes. Rosie granted one of the…
Autumn Bounty
I was born in central Italy, in a beautiful green valley. In the summer, the fields were…
The Darkness You Hold
(for Joseph Altobelli) Imagine this: you are twenty-four years old and you long to take…