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What Healing Modality is Too Woo for You?
Diane arrived with a folding massage table. We moved the coffee table up against the couch and cleared just enough room in my studio for...
Suzanne Casamento
Jul 31, 20233 min read
The Gas Leak
I recently moved into a new place. After having a sexy new stacked washer and dryer installed (I'm talkin' a washer drum big enough for a...
Suzanne Casamento
Jun 26, 20232 min read
How Lyme Disease Saved Me from Death by Black Widow Spider
After I started taking Ceftin, The Perfect Summer went on without me. While I was physically in the pool or playing a board game beside...
Suzanne Casamento
May 25, 20233 min read
The End
It's been a while since I've posted a story here. That's because I've been hermit-ed up, head down, working on a memoir about my journey...
Suzanne Casamento
May 10, 20232 min read
With Tears Comes New Life
Yesterday, I wrote the scenes in my memoir where my best friend, Stacie, dies. And today, I feel terrible. Years ago, at a Society of...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Raindrops, Blue Skies, and Clouds
Writing any book can be challenging, but writing a memoir feels extra tricky because I have to dig into things I don't really want to...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Why Old Station Wagons Make Bad Getaway Cars
While researching my memoir, I came across a story I'd written on my old blog. Like the last relic I shared, it's also about sneaking...
Suzanne Casamento
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Warm Summer Teenage Nights
It’s like this I ease my bedroom door open The air conditioner hums as I step into the still hallway Through the darkness, I reach for...
Suzanne Casamento
Feb 6, 20231 min read
What "Should" You Do That You're NOT Doing?
A friend recently read a section of my memoir in progress where I wrote about my search for a literary agent for my first novel,...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Question of the Day: What Was Your First Kiss Like?
Oh, you knew it was coming. How could we play Questions without asking about your first kiss? My first kiss took place in my driveway,...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 17, 20231 min read
Question of the Day: What Weird Names Have You Come Across Lately?
Yesterday, I braved atmospheric rivers and met up with Jess and Cathy, two women I’ve been friends with since childhood. I’m staying in...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Question of the Day: Do You Make New Year's Resolutions?
We're 15 days into a new year. So, I gotta ask, do you make New Year's Resolutions? Personally, I feel like making a grand resolution in...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Question of the Day: What Would You Do?
Today's question is brought to you from January 4, 2009. Here's the situation: You have no job, no house, no spouse, no kids. There is...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 14, 20231 min read
Who Says Nice Things to You?
Yesterday, I asked if there's something you've done every day for 1,000 days and Carol Jersey Strong wrote, "Drank coffee and told a...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Wanna Play Questions?
In 2008, after I lost my job (and had a big mortgage), I scrambled to make money. I’d always been a good cook, so as I applied for jobs,...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Life: Better Than I Ever Could Have Imagined
It’s New Year’s Eve Day and I’m scrolling through friends’ year end roundup posts. They share stories of grief, love, travel, illness,...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 31, 20222 min read
How My Grandfather Thought His Way to Health
In the early 70’s, my grandfather was short of breath and constantly fatigued, so he went to a doctor. After some tests, he was told...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 16, 20222 min read
The Pilgrimage to St. Columba's Bay on Iona Scotland
On the morning of The Pilgrimage to St. Columba's Bay, I did not want to go. It was cold, rainy, and windy and I hate cold, rainy, and...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 6, 20226 min read
The Magical Journey to Iona, Scotland
“Hello!” Kate Emmerson stood waving by The Green Shed gate on the island of Iona, Scotland. The driver drove along the two tire tracks in...
Suzanne Casamento
Nov 22, 20224 min read
Edinburgh's Magical Royal Mile
At the fabulous Greece writing retreat that inspired me to write a memoir about my journey healing Chronic Lyme Disease, I met Kate...
Suzanne Casamento
Nov 11, 20223 min read