Showing posts with label A Tale of Three Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Tale of Three Islands. Show all posts
Friday, June 11, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 9 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Ma just ignored Aunt Demi.  This was something new.  Ma had always deferred to her sister-in-law.  Aunt Demi was older.  She was louder....
Friday, June 4, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 8 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Oh, yeah.  The wheels were turning.  Ma had that look.  That look that said, "You have your ways.  Fine.  But, we are going to do t...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 7 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Aunt Liz must have decided to ignore Aunt Demi's question and her furious crocheting, along with Barbara's and my looks of confu...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 6 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Every family has its traditions.  And, unfortunately, we had ours.     For as far back as Barbara and I could remember, on Mother’s Day...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 5 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Aunt Liz was having an awfully good time giving my kid sister the third degree.  She should've been a cop.     Noticing Ma giving ...
Friday, May 7, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 4 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Ma gave me one of her 'Don't Lie to Me' looks.  I gave her one of my super innocent 'What, Who Me?' looks.  Satisfie...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 3 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    This was something new.  Parenting was Ma and Pop's duet.  Ma wasn’t expecting Liz, her new sister-in-law, to join their act and mak...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 2 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Yeah, right.  As if I didn’t know what that meant.       My parents had it down to a regular routine.  Pop knew that we children were h...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Can't Buy Me Love (part 1 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    When I carried a chair into the kitchen, Ma asked, “Who was on the phone?”       “Nadia,” I mumbled.  As if she didn't know.     Ma ...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 9 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Ma wasn't the only one who ignored the new holidays.             Aunt Demi believed the Maltese calendar had enough holy days and h...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 8 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    “A holiday and you won’t be eating here,”  Ma repeated softly while she cleared the table.      Ma breathed a sigh of relief as she car...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 7 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Liz told Ma, “Annie, the lamb you made today was very good.”  Aunt Demi snorted.  Ma looked nervous.  Demi's snorting meant more tha...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 6 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    It got quiet.  Aunt Demi then decided a few comments on Ma’s cooking were necessary.  Just to liven things up.       “Netta, I have to ...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 5 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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    Ma had had enough of Mrs. Kekelia getting chummy with members of her family.  She started hustling Mrs. Kekelia to the door.  “I’m sure ...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 4 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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Liz was stunned. “You’re joking, right? The costumes, the dancing, the music. You should’ve seen it. Charlie wanted to buy tickets for P...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 3 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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Ma glared at Liz, then turned to Mrs. Kekelia and smiled. Proudly, Ma said, “I’d offer you some lamb, but my family ate it all.” Mrs....
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 2 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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It was Mrs. Kekelia, my parents’ tenant. Mr. and Mrs. Kekelia lived in the four-room apartment above the storefront part of our house. The...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Holidays Mean Trouble (part 1 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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A few days after Nadia and I decided to work together, Ma hosted our family’s Easter dinner. She had invited her brother Charlie and Pop’s ...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Do You Want to Know a Secret (part 6 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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I tossed my head. It was useless. The curls would never go away and I’d never belong anywhere. I hadn’t asked to come to America, I hadn’...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Do You Want to Know a Secret (part 5 - by Margaret Ullrich)

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After the Second World War, Aunt Demi followed her brothers Des, Spiro and Tony to America. She had sent letters to Pop and their sisters, ...