by Janet Parnes | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
It’s easy to mind your manners when you are a guest of Central Tuscany. Townspeople welcome you; they do not elbow you, stare you down, and cut you off in line -when there is a line. And, when you inadvertently lock the laundry-room key in the laundry room, your...
by Janet Parnes | Jun 4, 2010 | Blog
My observations of the local Memorial Day Parade were printed in the MetroWest Daily News, Sunday, June 6 The Memorial Day Parade in my town was not flashy; the crowd was not crushing; and the speeches not self-aggrandizing. The parade was like a pot of mixed-berry...
by Janet Parnes | Mar 10, 2010 | Blog
The following article, printed in suburban Boston’s MetroWest Daily News, shows how a friend of mine and her family turned their airline disaster into a stranger’s bounty. It is a story I have told countless times: Ubiquitous clips of stranded airline...
by Janet Parnes | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
Recently I learned a three-letter lesson in effective communication from a 15-year old. (This is noteworthy because I have been speaking decades longer than she.) I asked Michelle if she would be playing soccer in the spring and, to my astonishment, she replied,...
