A Holiday for Non-Favorite Children?
It’s obvious to anyone who has been reading my work in the last week or so that I have had family relationships on my mind. Mother’s Day can do that to a person. The good […]
Author: Kathy Minicozzi
Kathy Minicozzi is an opera singer turned aspiring writer, who lives somewhere in New York City. In other words, she's weird, but harmless. She is the author of "Opera for People Who Don't Like It," in which she turns the world of opera and its performers upside down while, at the same time, making it understandable to non-opera lovers and making everyone laugh.
In Defense of the Firstborn
Before I go on to something useful, I would like to take a little time to talk about firstborn children. I speak from personal experience and from watching The History Channel too much. Firstborns do […]
RELATIVES!
You know that show on PBS where the host has different celebrities do a DNA testing, then sometimes tells them they are related to some famous person from the past, such as Abraham Lincoln or […]
A Song of Spring
Spring is here, with fragrant flowers Wafting perfume here and there. Here I stand amid the bowers, Breathing the aromatic air. A tickle rises up my nose Stops and digs into my brain. I gasp […]
I Want a Cookie!
You read that right. I want a cookie, and not just any old packaged store cookie. I want a homemade one: sweet, chewy, lightly burned on one side. You know, the kind that makes the […]
No, I Have NOT Seen This Movie Too Many Times!
Okay. This is ridiculous. I have been accused of many things, and in some cases the accusations have been justified. But to say that I have seen The Princess Bride too many times? Inconceivable! Yes, […]
Church Diaries: The Novena
This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to anything living or dead is accidental, so don’t blame the author. I have enough problems. Novenas are cool. For nine days in a row, you say […]
Dear New York Winter
This is what I was feeling last week: Winter, Winter, cold and snow, Ice and slush and then some, Get out of here! Pack up and go! You’ve overstayed your welcome! (You were expecting maybe […]
How to Write
You’re probably wondering who the hell I think I am, telling people how to write. Well, I know as much about writing as a lot of people, and I do not tell people how to […]
Church Diaries
Choir Practice It’s Wednesday night choir practice time. As usual, only half the choir has shown up. This is a problem, because we only have eighteen people to begin with: 2 basses, 2 tenors, 3 […]