With whom I’d like to dine

With whom I’d like to dine

by | Apr 2, 2025 | blog post

IWSG Blog Hop April 2 question – What fantasy character would you like to fight, go on a quest with, or have a beer/glass of wine with? The obvious answer for me is Paul McCartney, my main musical crush since my teens. His song catalog, baby-faced good looks,...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

by | Nov 12, 2024 | blog post, sorrow

We – the majority of Americans who voted last week, not me, myself, or I –  just elected a guy who’s fine with the climate crisis and increasingly drastic swirls of weather, children and teachers getting shot in school, with no Department of...
Dining with Excellence and Flair

Dining with Excellence and Flair

by | Jun 4, 2024 | Adventure, blog post

Question: “If you could have dinner with any person, who would it be?” Aristotle, Socrates or Plato? Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin or both? I might choose Paul McCartney or Brad Pitt, though I’d likely be tongue-tied when seated across from...
My husband is the Dalai Lama of listeners

My husband is the Dalai Lama of listeners

by | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

  My husband, Larry, is a listener. Me, too. A frequent compliment for my writing is that “PJ Colando has a very good dialogue ear.” You don’t have to guess where it comes from. I’m dedicated, well-practiced, empathetic, entuned. Yet, I...
Heart-shaped eats

Heart-shaped eats

by | Feb 13, 2013 | In the Pink, Purpose

  My husband and I met and married when a popular TV ad showed a newlywed couple readying for bed, the husband taking Alka Seltzer in the foreground while the wife reclined in delusional triumph in the background for having prepared a heart-shaped meatloaf for...