He Said ~ Another punch to the heart. Melodramatic perhaps, or conceivably, just honest. Another move-in day, decorating the college dorm, stocking up on sufficient supplies, discussing the semester ahead, and beyond. So begins Junior year; this is a momentous one. Spring semester will be a trip abroad, to the pulchritudinous region of Tuscany. Italy […]
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She Said: There are ties that do not restrain or cut off the circulation to a beating heart. Rather, they grow stronger, stretch and bend to accommodate growth. These ties unfurl across continents, circumstances, and time to defy the logic of the mind, not the yearning of the heart. At times, the groans of protestation decry
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Time for another He Said/She Said, this time of the Olympic viewing variety. His Take: Sitting in Rahway, NJ, ordering a flight of yummy beer – ok it is my second flight of beer and btw, who in God’s name came up with an idea to put small amounts of alcohol in tiny glasses, lay
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This week we return to the she said/he said format. The topic – the inspiration behind what makes art — art. SHE SAID: Our memory is fickle and impermanent. With each passing day, we forget details or embellish our lives stories. Nothing lasts forever, not our loved ones nor the most important moments in our
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This week we are going to do something completely different. Our first she said/he said. Since July is upon us we figured we would write about summer or Independence Day or current events or??? There really was no assignment; just some thoughts about the week behind us and the ones ahead … SHE SAID: The
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The Pear Tree Project recorded a podcast! The episode will air on Shewisepublications.com June 11th. More information will be posted next week, so please check for the link in our next newsletter/blog entry, as well as a tale about dad. Below are some highlights from our interview. What prompted you to create this project? “The
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“Pizza Pomodoro may I help you?” Beads of sweat gathered on my forehead as I perused the menu, and before I could make it past the fourth option – which was stuffed prosciutto, chicken, eggplant tapenade, pressed virgin olive oil, vodka sauce pie – I panicked! “This is Vincenzo, what do you want to order?”
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This week, I planned on writing a newsletter that would hopefully inspire, produce hearty laughter, evoke nostalgia, and simply make people feel. However, there were several interesting topics to cover. Here in good old Jersey, (New that is), we had an earthquake on Friday, a tradeshow Saturday, and an eclipse Monday — btw that was
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March has always been said to arrive as a lion and depart as a lamb. If you were in Livingston, NJ, this past Saturday, you would probably disagree. The Pear Tree Project attended its first tradeshow on March 23, 2024. We braved the elements – the mighty winds of Essex County, the sheets of side-swept
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Too often we are influenced by choice or by the intrusion of social media to behave or think in one way or the other… The onus to turn the tide of this online feeding frenzy is our own. The tending of our mental and emotional landscape is the sole responsibility of every one of us.
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