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About girasoleazzurra

GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido. 75+. Feminist. Flower child. The word is my sword. Thinks with music. My belief system involves food and family. Wrote and spoke and published about libraries, librarians, writing, editing, and reading. Now retired. Putting some of that writing here.

Matcha Latte

Posted on April 5, 2017 by girasoleazzurra

20 October 2013 I learned this at a Japanese tea bar in NYC that was only open for about six months. I watched the beautiful young Japanese man who looked like an anime character make this several times, and I … Continue reading →

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Girasole/Ladyhawk’s Chai

Posted on April 5, 2017 by girasoleazzurra

07 September 2013 Girasole/Ladyhawk’s Chai For each serving: 2/3 cup whole milk 1/3 cup cold water 1 rounded teaspoon demerara or golden sugar 1 rounded teaspoon black tea 1 green cardamom pod, crushed 1 whole clove, crushed 2 berries allspice, … Continue reading →

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The words are moving

Posted on April 5, 2017 by girasoleazzurra

I will be moving much of the commentary and musings I wrote in Live Journal to this site. Thank you for following along.

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Biography

Posted on February 21, 2016 by girasoleazzurra

GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido GraceAnne A. DeCandido is a writer, reviewer, and editor, now mostly retired. She taught children’s and young adult literature classes for Rutgers SC&I online for over a decade, as well as two specialized classes Female Voices in … Continue reading →

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What I thought and what I wrote

Posted on December 17, 2015 by girasoleazzurra

I have brought together speeches and essays and musings, to this place on the web, so I could keep it together, and so it is. Personal stuff is mostly on Facebook, and on LiveJournal, where I write as Girasole. Blessings … Continue reading →

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Just an April note

Posted on April 16, 2015 by girasoleazzurra

I am still here. The words remain. Did not want you to think I wasn’t. There is some personal stuff at http://girasole.livejournal.com/ if you want to read that.

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2014 in review

Posted on December 30, 2014 by girasoleazzurra

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,100 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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from a poem by …

Posted on May 6, 2014 by girasoleazzurra

from a poem by Visar Zhiti: Seize Bolts of lightning from the sky And plant them in fields of life. They will grow like tender sprouts of fire. Charge somber thoughts With unexpected flash, You, my lightning in the soil! … Continue reading →

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Lightning and stars

Posted on May 1, 2014 by girasoleazzurra

It’s not a battle. It’s a journey lit and fueled by lightning, then illuminated by stars.

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“The books that…

Posted on January 22, 2014 by girasoleazzurra

“The books that we give to children, that are written for children, say profound things about how we view ourselves as people, how we see our place in the world, how we construct time and space. The deepest underlying matrix … Continue reading →

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