Buona Pasqua, Ancora
Cugina Chrissy’s limoncello and chocolate raspberry-chocolate chip cakes – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi Easter Sunday dawned auspiciously today: The sky was gray and...
View ArticleMy Alma Mater, Part III
The Bell Tower on the IU Bloomington campus, steps away from my old graduate school apartment – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi |@Mary Anna Violi Next month heralds once more my return to my alma...
View ArticleMy Alma Mater, Part IV
The Oliver Winery, 1970′s photo displayed in the Wine Tasting Room – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi As an IU college student in the 1970’s, I managed to attend classes and...
View Article“Gloriana, Frangipana…”
Anjelica’s decorated college mortar board cap – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi We awakened at 6:22 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013 for Anjelica’s IU Bloomington graduation,...
View ArticleWedding Weekend, Part 1: The Arrival
Action figures in downtown Indianapolis = tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi We arrived in Indianapolis this past Thursday later than planned. After quickly checking in to The...
View ArticleWedding Weekend, Part 2: The Rehearsal
Wedding preparations – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi We awakened last Friday morning, checked our lightly bronzed selves, showered carefully, preened, and drove northwest...
View ArticleThe Wedding, Part 3: “Goin’ to the Chapel…”
Lauren’s getting married – tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi The wake-up alarm sounded all too soon last Saturday morning. Yet the day dawned with golden sunshine set in dazzling...
View ArticleMissing Mama
“Kitty” Violi in the middle, with her sisters Adelaide [left] and Agnes [right] circa 1943- tangledpasta.netBy Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi Eleven years ago today, June 20, 2002, my mother, Anna...
View ArticleCongratulations, Jimmy!
Making a point at the end of the line is not to be taken lightly.-tangledpasta.net By Mary Anna Violi | @Mary Anna Violi For some weeks I had been happily anticipating attending my cousin Jimmy’s...
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