People invigorate Fiorella, even at a ladies' wine-tasting party at which Fiorella doesn't partake of the main course because she's never developed a taste for alcohol.
As Fio started out for vecina (neighbor) Kathy's casa (house) at about four, her vecina up the street, Micky, joined her and they walked and talked the rest of the way together. At the party, Fio became acquainted or better acquainted with other vecinas. We talked about the vecindad (neighborhood)--the casa that is up for sale, current gentrification efforts, rattlesnake and coyote sightings--and we talked about our perros (dogs) and familias (families). Fio managed to get in a plug for Fernando's yardwork, and Kathy told everyone about the romances Fio writes, but the real thrill for Fio was when one of the vecinas, a native speaker of el espanol (Spanish), offered to help Fio with the language. Pobrecita (poor little one), she doesn't know how soon she's going to be called on.
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Alcohol
Fiorella's mother grew up in a house that was dominated by her father's alcoholism so Fiorella grew up in a house that was alcohol-free.
But she was fascinated by the concept of drinking. Not like the drinking her grandfather engaged in, but like the sophisticated people on television and in the movies who had a beer with friends or sipped a glass of wine before dinner or carried around a cocktail at a toney parties.
Fio had her chance when she was eighteen and departed stone-sober Waco for the more mellow halls of The University of Texas. She drank on dates and at parties. She even got drunk a few times. But she never liked the taste. Finally she quite trying.
Make Fio's water.
But she was fascinated by the concept of drinking. Not like the drinking her grandfather engaged in, but like the sophisticated people on television and in the movies who had a beer with friends or sipped a glass of wine before dinner or carried around a cocktail at a toney parties.
Fio had her chance when she was eighteen and departed stone-sober Waco for the more mellow halls of The University of Texas. She drank on dates and at parties. She even got drunk a few times. But she never liked the taste. Finally she quite trying.
Make Fio's water.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Snappy Snippets
Fiorella is the toilet paper fairy and the only one in the house who knows how to throw stuff in the waste basket, to close cabinet and pantry doors, or to empty the dishwasher. If she didn't open the blinds every morning, they'd stay shut all day. In short, she's female.
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Re: dogs. We take them in for shots and medical treatments, we feed them, we decide whether they should mate and with whom. How did they ever get along without us?
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All Fio's good habits have come back to haunt her. Coffee, tea, and wine, which she never or rarely drinks, are now good for you while milk, which she guzzles like a newborn calf, is now on the bad list.
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Fio could title a book The Right Thing to Do and no one would buy it. If she called the book The Wrong Thing to Do, it would be a best seller'
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Matricide--is Fio a serial killer of motherboards?
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Re: dogs. We take them in for shots and medical treatments, we feed them, we decide whether they should mate and with whom. How did they ever get along without us?
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All Fio's good habits have come back to haunt her. Coffee, tea, and wine, which she never or rarely drinks, are now good for you while milk, which she guzzles like a newborn calf, is now on the bad list.
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Fio could title a book The Right Thing to Do and no one would buy it. If she called the book The Wrong Thing to Do, it would be a best seller'
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Matricide--is Fio a serial killer of motherboards?
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