Maybe There Will Be Cupcakes

Ginny Bartolone's Blog of Many Years

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  • Day 8! The Night Helen Keller Almost Spoke

    For the final 30 days of my twenties, I am writing one personal narrative a day that has impacted my life until now.  To read more about my challenge, feel free to check out the first post.   Also, this 30 Day challenge is also to support a wonderful charity, Zara Aina.  Please check out my fundraiser here and if…

  • Day 5: Short Stories on the Road

     Ben and I are in Pennsylvania for a wedding this weekend, and so I have little time to write out a giant narrative.  However!  Here is a good time to put a bunch of short tales into one list.  In storytelling/writing classes, I’ve often played the “one-sentence story game,” which encourages you to say just…

  • Day 3: Writing Challenge Break for Hoboken Crash

    I had a story ready to go for today’s challenge, but after this morning’s events, it seems inappropriate. My husband Ben is okay, but his train pulled in minutes after the Hoboken crash and he was present during the early shock of the accident. I had a strange start to the morning–a bizarre pedestrian yelled…

  • Fundraiser Day 2 Thank Yous!!!

    It’s day two and we’re at 14%!!  Definitely on our way to my goal for this amazing organization.  Please take a look when you get a moment! Thank you Lifeinthethe8tre blog!! You are my first blogger donation from this lovely WordPress community!  Hey everyone, go check out this incredible blog! Thank you Aunt Marybeth!! Here is…

  • Fundraiser Day 1: THANK YOU!

    Hey friends!!  It’s only day 1 (let’s call yesterday “day 0”?), and we’ve already reached 10% of my birthday goal for Zara Aina! Check out my fundraiser! https://www.crowdrise.com/support-zara-aina-ginnys-30-for-30/fundraiser/virginiabartolone A HUGE thank you for the generous donations from: My dear, dear friend Helen O’Rourke: known for keeping me on pitch, helping me finish a bottle of…

  • How Diane Lane Narrating My Life Became This Blog

    Little Thoughts on Finding Your Writing Voice I’ve been in career mode recently.  I love when my brain lets me go there.  I have these occasional waves of motivation, usually timed with the changing of the seasons.  Fall is a big one for me.  I want to fill my house with pumpkin smells, wrap up…

  • Finding Your January Beach

    It is very chilly today in North Jersey and something funky is going on with our heat.  And by something funky I mean it isn’t turning on.  Fortunately, because it’s a super old house, the pipes that heat my upstairs neighbors run through our floor, and since those are incredibly hot, they warm our apartment at…

  • Friday and Its Possibilities

    Yesterday was the wackiest day. I’ve been struggling to come up with new material throughout October (I seriously almost just wrote September, because I’m convinced that month didn’t happen yet), but with the fall flying by and the projects quickly adding up, I haven’t had as much creative energy to devote to this blog than…

  • The Compass Podcast – And Why You Need to Listen to It

    I need to tell you a little bit about The Compass podcast. Because it is fantastic and was created by a fantastic lady.

  • The Native Navigator: New Website Announcement

    The time has come! A website idea of mine has been in the works for a while now, and things are finally getting rolling. At the end of October, The Native Navigator will officially go live! The Url is purchased, the hosting is all set up, and I am in the early phases of making…