By Anita Pappas-Raposa The day I began to sort out and discard Andy’s notes was a heartstopper. into the basement I went, recycling bin in hand and began to sift through drawers, years of yellow legal pads, large, lined index cards, typed manuscripts, journals and bound essays. They were undisturbed, handwritten years of research all […]
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By Anita Pappas-Raposa My mother wore Chanel No. 5 when she was a young woman. Sometimes, before I visit her at the nursing home, I dab a little on my neck from an old bottle that I use sparingly. I’m trying to make it last. The elegant perfume takes me back to evenings in the
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by Anita Pappas-Raposa I am haunted by a small bird that flew into my chimney. I came home from the hospital on a Thursday, a day early. Not because I’m so well; just couldn’t take the noise. Exiting the car, I see cheerful roofers flinging shingles into a large black net in the front and
by Anita Pappas-Raposa My father was a big man in a small town, well-known as a Veterans Agent and local politician. Brassy and bold, funny, and high-spirited; everyone seemed to know “Peter, the guy who got things done.” In the first eighteen years of my life, there was little talk of World War II and
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