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08/08/2024

In the August 2022 Magazine the focus is on entrepreneurs.

Thinking about being an entrepreneur?

07/16/2024

St. Mary's Church has been given landmark status! The Yonkers City Council voted 6-0 to landmark the church. Many thanks to the Yonkers City Council for doing the right thing!!

07/12/2024

In "Ho Ho Ho! We Want the Ho!" Patricia Vaccarino explores America’s colossal resistance to electing a woman as President. What’s wrong with America? We should not have to be forced to choose between two old white men, one senile, and the other a psychopath.

06/12/2024

June Magazine: Courageous Work https://www.prforpeople.com/news/world-views/june-magazine-courageous-work

05/07/2024

I look forward to seeing you this Thursday night!! It will be the last time I will see you for awhile. I’ve finished the first draft of a new manuscript. Whenever, I’m working on a new book, I tend to disappear for awhile. I call it “going into the tunnel.” So, I’d really love to see your face! ❤ https://www.ypl.org/event/yonkers-beats-discussion-group-46461

05/06/2024

Here is why I care about saving St. Mary's Church. I'm doing it for my grandmother... https://www.prforpeople.com/life-style/spirituality/notes-working-class-third-candle

05/01/2024

Another book discussion group this week,Thursday, May 2!! Go to: https://www.ypl.org/event/yonkers-beats-discussion-group-46459. The Zoom link is in the program description. Click on the word Zoom. The meeting ID is 868 5228 8372. The Zoom link is the same as last week. (There is no need to have attended the first book discussion.) This week will focus on Book Two: "The Heart of Yonkers." The program begins at 7pm EST. For other parts of the country: 6pm (Central Time), 5pm (Mountain Time) and 4pm (Pacific Time).

I hope to see you there!!!

04/29/2024

My latest book review while we are still celebrating Passover https://www.prforpeople.com/entertainment/books/book-review-reading-genesis-marilynne-robinson

04/14/2024

Please join me April 25, May 2, May 9 via zoom!Signup for one, two, or all three events!
Book One: YONKERS Yonkers!: A Tale of Race and Redemption
Thursday, April 25 at 7pm
https://www.ypl.org/event/yonkers-beats-discussion-group-46459

Book Two: The Heart of Yonkers
Thursday, May 2, at 7pm
https://www.ypl.org/event/yonkers-beats-discussion-group-46460

Book Three: So Not Yonkers
Thursday, May 9 at 7pm
https://www.ypl.org/event/yonkers-beats-discussion-group-46461

A zoom link will be sent to you before the event.

04/14/2024

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Please join us for a journey through the Yonkers of the past.

04/06/2024

04/06/2024

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Is the American Roman Catholic Church in business to make money or does it exist to serve the people of God?

03/22/2024

A Rare Eclipse of the Sun is coming on April 8. Here is the article by Astronomer Andrew Fraknoi.

Eclipses of the Sun, where the Moon gets in front of the Sun and blocks its light, are among the most spectacular of natural events. On Monday, April 8, 2024, there will be an eclipse of the Sun visible from all of North America.

03/16/2024

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03/10/2024

Check out my latest article: How NOT to Read the News https://www.prforpeople.com/news/media/how-not-read-news

01/11/2024

Enjoy our January 2024 Magazine!

Welcome 2024! Among our resolutions for the new year, we can choose to become better listeners. Our feature Listen to This explores the idea that there is no greater gift we can give someone than the chance to be heard. Barbara McMichael writes about historic preservation in her article Preserving t...

12/13/2023

Our December Magazine is out and about https://eomail1.com/web-version?p=9500a5e6-98a5-11ee-82eb-07535eae6a06&pt=campaign&t=1702406004&s=0120406295725950e133af6aea02d5ccaf4adb7cb745f2cf7de5126da9538e24

11/12/2023

Happy November! Happy Veterans Day! Happy Thanksgiving!! If I take a look at the people who are in my life—and that includes all of you—then this is the moment when I can express great gratitude. Thank you for being part of this journey with me. This month we feature a flowering tale by Barbara Lloyd McMichael: Scott the Gardener brings joy to all of those who pass through his neighborhood in a suburb south of Seattle.

Happy November! Happy Veterans Day! Happy Thanksgiving!!

10/16/2023

October 2023: Wild Trees and Animal Crossingshttps://eomail1.com/web-version?p=c8057098-6b7d-11ee-a45a-2bcc26d2fafa&pt=campaign&t=1697414848&s=20210c7ad76a622b9efd34f1221de451031a5ea3f9a41377ae870dfed421dbdb

A few environmental items for your reading pleasure.

09/10/2023

On Education: The Truth is Not on Your Phone https://eomail1.com/web-version?p=b775991c-4f60-11ee-977e-fd2bc0773d73&pt=campaign&t=1694364724&s=8eda2076b260deab2cbfe902d40f0bfbf7bcbf07225a2287a5638740aee36127

08/22/2023

https://www.prforpeople.com/news/world-views/august-2023-magazine

This month we explore the reality of climate change as depicted in the work of evolutionary biologist Dr. Peter A. Corning. Over the course of the next few months, PR for People will publish each chapter of Dr. Corning's latest work Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Spec...

07/15/2023

This month we take a look at true beauty from a myriad of unusual perspectives: Catholic Outreach Group Sacred Encounters Serves the Homeless in Downtown Seattle, Barbara McMichael writes about the beauty of quilting, Robin Lindley interviews documentary filmmaker John de Graaf, a man who has long been an advocate of environmental beauty, and Patricia Vaccarino reviews Willa Cather's "The Song of the Lark," which might be the most beautiful book of all time.

Sacred Encounters Serves the Homeless Downtown Seattle

05/25/2023

Please join me on Thursday, June 22! I'd love to see you!! I will be able to see my friends from all over the country in the same space at the same time—I will be doing an author chat via zoom hosted by The Yonkers Public Library. Here is the link to sign up!!

So Not Yonkers is the third book in Patricia Vaccarino's Yonkers trilogy. Ms. Vaccarino’s controversial coming-of-age novels take us on a dark journey encountering racism, sexual harassment, abortion, child abuse, homophobia, mental illness, organized crime, violence, death, lost love and lost fri...

05/16/2023

Our May Magazine features "Do-Gooders"

Imagination has no limits.

03/14/2023

MARCH 2023

Some heroes in our lives are people who are just doing a job that we take for granted, and yet what they do is essential to whether we live, flourish, and stay healthy. May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the warm sun shine upon your face. Happy St. Patrick’s...

03/14/2023

In February 2023 we pay tribute to a fine new documentary film made by John de Graaf. Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty is a story about a man who quietly worked with people from all walks of life and many political factions to create a better world.

In February we pay tribute to a fine new documentary film made by John de Graaf. Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty is a story about a man who quietly worked with people from all walks of life and many political factions to create a better world.

03/14/2023

JANUARY 2023

Welcome to 2023! What does it mean to make your mark? Check out Debbie Kiederer's company, ChalkDust Consulting. Explaining what ChalkDust does to those of us who are not technically savvy is best described by the types of glitches that we encounter on ecommerce sites. We’ve all experienced frustr...

02/02/2023

Why do I write about the working class?

Notes from the working class...

12/13/2022

Check out our December Magazine

Dancing to the Beat of One Drum by Patricia Vaccarino If you ask Sabrina Blais how she got to Ghana, plan on learning about an unexpected odyssey attesting to life’s curiosities. She knew little about the Ghanaian culture and even less about the small nation’s history or the role that it played ...

09/11/2022

We’ve published 100 issues in ten years!

We’ve published 100 issues in ten years...