Short and Sweet
Short and Sweet includes 6 short stories and one non-fiction homage to my Irish mother. A special Christmas podcast features poetry and sentiment. This segues to Trio a trilogy of three books: Ginny, Dinner with Sharon Flynn and Meggie, all primarily set in Ireland and lovingly telling the stories of Ginny and her life. A Promise Kept is a ballad poem about a young woman writer finding her place.
Episodes
17 episodes
A Promise Kept
A Promise Kept is a ballad poem about a young writer who is searching for a farm to restore so she can write in solitude. She encounters a farm that surely needs repair but the old pump works and quenches her thirst. And so begins h...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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18:18
Meggie
Meggie, the little red-haired daughter of Ginny and Dan brings a true happy dance to all who know her. She brings an evolution to the human species which replaces the trigger in the brain for addiction and instead brings a clairvoyance to the f...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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14:31
Dinner with Sharon Flynn - Chapters 4 and 5
The answers await in a white and gold photo album given as a birthday gift to Ginny from Sharon, marking all the important events pictorially from beginning to graduation when Ginny moved to Boston with Linda. Shared with Mary and Dan the...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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22:25
Dinner with Sharon Flynn - Chapters 2 and 3
Ginny met with Sharon Flynn and kicked the elephant in the room into the center of their attention with compliments about Sharon’s flaming red hair followed by a torpedo questioin from Sharon to Ginny, asking if her beautiful turquoise eyes we’...
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Episode 14
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16:55
Dinner With Sharon Flynn - Chapter 1
Shortly after Ginny and Dan’s wedding, the call came to Ginny from Sharon Flynn inviting them to dinner at the Queens Pub the following Saturday. Ginny intuitively knew that Sharon knew she was her daughter and while Ginny was relieved, s...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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15:29
Ginny - Chapters 8-14
As the three month rehab period for Dan is ending, Ginny and Dan begin to plan for their future. Their wedding in August and the invitation list brings a staggering realization to Ginny about her roots whereupon Ireland may truly become G...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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15:24
Ginny - Chapters 3-7
Ginny sets their plan in motion and finds herself on her way to Ireland to meet Dan. At the airport in Dublin Dan proposes and Will, his nephew, gets Ginny’s suitcase and off they go to their new life in Dalkey, a beautiful sea town outside of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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18:08
Ginny - Chapter 2
Dan proves to Ginny that he’s serious about changing and invites her to Ireland to help him on his journey to sobriety. Ginny tries to take his offer seriously while sorting through her raging emotions.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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14:05
Ginny - Chapter 1
Ginny - Chapter 1 introduces Ginny and her struggles to reaffirm her resolve to not reconcile with her love of 5 years. Things are always subject to change and we will witness her evolution as we journey with her.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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11:44
It’s the Gift of Thought That Counts
A collection of original Christmas card poems sent to family and friends over the course of 25 years and lovingly dedicated to my nephew, Tim, who was born on Christmas Eve, 1968.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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15:54
Patty’s Pig
Patty’s Pig pays homage to my Irish mother and travels back to my childhood memories of her especially on St. Patty’s Day and then introduces Trio, the next book in my podcast, which takes place mostly in Ireland.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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7:36
Starlight
Shelby and Jimmy witness a rotating, bright star while relaxing on a summer night’s porch. Sensing danger they dash in to warn Jimmy’s Mom just as the lights go out. They call the next door neighbor who saw a completely different scene than the...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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9:01
Max is a Good Name
Lynn heads north through Massachusetts with her dog, Jennie, to see the fall foliage and try to forget about her breakup with Max. Her journey brings excitement and a change of heart as journeys often do.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:51
Happy Ending
Emily travels from Buffalo to New London, CT to her Gram’s house to spend the night before a job interview at 9:30 am only to find herself in the middle of a power outage. Em’s great sense of humor pulls her through some not-so-funny (at ...
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Episode 4
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11:44
Cactus Flower
Two “budding” herbalists in a “budding” love relationship meet in AZ. Dan, a native of Tucson and Chenea, a Native American from Connecticut, return to CT for Chenea’s brother’s wedding. A gift to Chenea from her mother symbolizes the pow...
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Episode 3
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11:26
