There was always an indication of the end of summer when I was growing up, and it was our town’s Fireman’s Carnival. All the towns in our area had them, and we went as a family to several. There was always a parade with marching bands and firetrucks from the host town, as well as…
How Did You Celebrate Independence Day? I’m sharing an article I wrote and posted on Medium this week. I hope you enjoy it. It does have a call to action, although it is not poetry. I did not write a Poetry Friday post this week. July 4th is a holiday in the United States that…
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day of the week I post only my own photos on a theme of my choosing. I hope you enjoy this wordless post! All photos are copyrighted by me, Carol Labuzzetta. No permission is granted to duplicate in any form without my express permission. Thank you!
Any movie, theater production, or music involving Peter Pan was high on the list of things to watch when my boys were little. It was a tie between watching that or watching The Sound of Music over and over and over, for my oldest son, especially. He even got to attend a production of Peter…
Some of my Poetry Friday cohort members set challenges for one another at the beginning of each month. This month, April, the task of challenge setting fell to someone whose writing I’ve enjoyed for several years now. As I read her fellow participants’ posts, as well as hers, I was inspired by them to write…
I’ve long known what my name means. My given name, Carol, means joyous song. It is British in origin and the female version of Charles. I was named not for these reasons but because my mother had three close friends all named Carol – a popular name, apparently for a girl baby born in the…
Music played a large part in my early life. As elementary students, we were introduced to Orf instruments in third grade, playing wooden xylophones and more as part of our music class. Choosing an instrument came in fourth grade, and I chose the flute, mostly due to my diminutive size. Due to the instruction on…
Typically, we are quiet people. Rarely is there a television on in our home before 8 p.m. and only occasionally is there music playing. I like the quiet, but I do like the sounds of nature. Recently, we’ve been cooler in the midwest. This is especially true of the temperatures at our cabin this past…
One of my favorite songs growing up was Rainy Days and Mondays sung by the incomparable Karen Carpenter. And, such is today – a Rainy Day and a Monday. The song goes on to lament being down, not fitting in, and having the blues. Although I don’t feel this way today, I can relate to…
On our last trip to Bermuda, in 2017 for our 30th wedding anniversary, there was a hallway in the hotel that went from the main lobby to the spa and to the indoor pool. We traversed this hallway several times a day during our stay, especially at night when we took a swim or sat…