07.27.2014 Community Columns Forward Living: So this is how the tables get turned Lately, I’ve been noticing a shift in my relationship with my sons — actually, they’re starting to get on my last nerve. They mean well, but … Let me...
06.30.2014 Columns Iannelli Column: Little church makes a very big transition I remember that September day well — a day that will live in infamy (for me, at least). I had just pulled in to the parking lot of my...
05.25.2014 Community Columns Forward Living: Never too late to learn from elders Even though she was calling from overseas, I could hear the incredulous tone of her voice. She was a gal pal from back then and we’d recently reconnected through...
04.27.2014 Community Columns Forward Living: Some heartwarming stories for a change We’re bombarded daily with disturbing news. The newspapers and TV news programs are full of stuff that sends us reeling. We’re slammed with tragic stories about missing planes, mudslides,...
03.29.2014 Community Columns Forward Living: What you ought to know about widows Driving to work, I heard a song recorded by the American rock band Imagine Dragons titled “Radioactive.” The refrain “I’m radioactive, I’m radioactive” struck a chord with me (no...
03.03.2014 Community Forward Living: No time like now to (re)learn life’s lessons I arranged to meet my son Greg at the baggage claim area when I landed in San Francisco. While intently searching the conveyer belt for my luggage, I had...
01.29.2012 Community Forward Living: Sounds of silence aren’t always sweet The soothing harmony of Simon and Garfunkel singing “The Sound of Silence” kept me company during the last leg of my drive home. My monkey brain, usually super-charged, uncharacteristically...
11.24.2011 News Forward Living: Learning to live with missing my mom During the last two months, I’ve gone to the phone dozens of times, only to stare at it blankly. Then, the familiar squeeze around my heart region and I...
11.14.2011 News Forward Living: Sometimes, the old way is the better way I like to think of myself as a forward-thinking gal — after all, this column is titled “Forward Living.” But sometimes I yearn for the “olden days.” When I...
08.13.2011 News Forward Living: ‘Bad’ behavior may hide untold stories Last month, Frank and I attended the oldies concert in Riverhead. We had a wonderful time dancing and enjoying the camaraderie of friends. Funny, the way I was flitting...