Pam Sievert-Russomanno
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Career Broadcast Advertising Executive.
Wife, Mother, and dog lover.
Published author of (1) Christmas Novella. Love stories with great messaging..
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Picasso and the Art of Grieving. Top Story - January 2022.
Picasso and the Art of Grieving UNEXPECTED THINGS Funny how quickly life can change. When you least expect it, you’re faced with a ‘suddenly’. One day you’re in the middle of the Caribbean, working on a cruise ship as one of the dedicated production crew, and the next you’re helicoptered back to Miami for the flight back to Alpine Junction to attend your dad’s funeral.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Fiction
THE NOBLE PEAR
REGARDING PEARS People don’t always know what they’re eating. We grow up being fed whatever it is our parents think will keep us alive, based on Gerber foods and baby books. And of course, as babies, we also determine what we’ll actually eat once exposed to solid food, by either spitting it out or simply refusing to open our mouths.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Families
IN THE LAND OF ICE AND SNOW
Dedicated to Grandpa Earl, who made magic happen… THE WONDER YEARS Winters in Minnesota are cold. Although this is well known, it still seems to shock visitors who arrive in December or January, but to those who live there, it’s life. Hannah worked at the airport just before college, and as she would walk around outside with her parka unzipped, she’d noticed people dragging luggage staring at her as they clung to their coats, trying not to cry for fear their faces would freeze. Yes, come to Minnesota and you will quickly adapt or die.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Families
Dreaming in the Light
RUSHING TOWARD THE LIGHT It’s amazing how fast a person can drive when there’s a long stretch of highway, lots of time, and minimal traffic. Sarah blazed down I-95, leaving her life in Georgetown behind. Working in the nation’s capital during election season had been grueling, so she was taking a much-needed break from the pressure of running her busy political consulting firm. She’d chosen to visit her grandmother in Georgia, where sweet memories of peach cobbler and iced tea could be rekindled.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Fiction
Saving Oliver
COLIN AND COREY Farm life isn’t for everyone, even when you’re born into it. Colin hated getting up early to help with the cows, and regularly grumbled that it was too much for a 7-year-old to have to work and then go to school. His twin brother Corey never seemed to mind and would have to shake Colin to get him up.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Fiction
Tess and Teatime
It starts when you’re a little girl. A miniature plastic tea set, positioned atop a small table and child size chairs, dolls and stuffed animals as guests. A tea party, elegant and charming, all in the imaginary world allowed during childhood.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Families
Memories in the Garden
The year we moved into the big house on Arbor Lane was the year Momma got the fever. The doctor called it Hay Fever, but we didn’t know what that was. All we could tell was that Momma had to lay down with a cool towel on her face anytime she’d been out near the garden.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Fiction
Back to Reality
HOW IT STARTED Brooklyn Devereaux was a disaster as a baker. This was well-known within her immediate family, friends and work associates. What she didn’t know was that baking was a bit like science, and very exacting. She loved to cook and found it easy, since you could add this and that, taste it as you go, and recipes were usually forgiving. However, make one ingredient error when baking and you end up with hockey pucks for dessert.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Fiction
If this barn could talk...
RECOLLECTIONS Fall in Vermont never ceases to amaze the tourists who are swept away by the colorful foliage, with breathtaking vistas of orange, yellow and red blazing across the landscape. Locals are expectant as well, knowing that the glorious autumn season is brief, and winter will soon descend, painting the land white, mixed with hues of black and grey.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno5 years ago in Families
SEEKING THE PERFECT MOTHER
There are mothers, and then there are bonus mothers. This is the story of how I subconsciously went about deciding who I wanted to become by cherry-picking the most remarkable attributes of the amazing women who “mothered” me and tossing out any seemingly undesirable traits. You might say I am a combination of personalities, gifts and skills – all due to influential mothers who cared enough to shape and love me.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno5 years ago in Families
Maine on the Horizon
MAINE ON THE HORIZON Water crashing along the shoreline, the raucous commotion of the Atlantic Puffins, nesting nearby on Eastern Egg Rock; for Maddie Cartwright, islands and isolation seemed a perfect choice for reflection on this summer day in late July. She was just another unassuming tourist, escaping the trappings of big city life.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno5 years ago in Families
