4 The Big PaybackWell maybe it’s not the big payback. A better title might be – paying it backwards.I have been […] This entry was posted in Community Faith Friendship on April 17, 2011 by Candelaria Silva
4 Come together, right now (why wait?)I almost never host cookouts because I don’t have the outdoor furnishings to accommodate more than my husband […] This entry was posted in Food Friendship Laughter & Joy on September 12, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
4 friends, fun, funerals, fear – a seesaw weekMy life last week during this most enjoyable Boston summer was brimming with events that ran the spectrum […] This entry was posted in Boston Dorchester Friendship Funerals & Obits on August 10, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
4 Watching you, watching meCouples tend to watch each other: he watches my food intake, I watch his drinking. Watching…noticing personal habits, foibles, […] This entry was posted in Friendship Love & relationships on May 22, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
3 Coinkidink (Coincidence & Connection)I heard from three people on Monday, April 26, that I hadn’t heard from in a while. The […] This entry was posted in Friendship on May 1, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
2 It Ain’t All About You – Communication Issues with FriendsIt Ain’t All About You – Communication Issues with Friends My friendships with a couple of long-term friends […] This entry was posted in Friendship on January 19, 2010 by Candelaria Silva
2 A Diamond in DorchesterI met a young girl waiting on the bus in Dorchester to go to Fields Corner. (Some mornings […] This entry was posted in Dorchester Friendship Laughter & Joy on October 31, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are: Friends Lost Along ...Today I’ve been thinking about friends I’ve lost.Some have passed on and “I’ll meet them on the other […] This entry was posted in Friendship on October 27, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
You’re not my effin friendI I got caught up in the madness and excited when the first day I signed up on […] This entry was posted in Friendship on September 26, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
2 I Saw You See MeI saw you see me and try to act like you didn’t.I could have ignored you, too, and […] This entry was posted in Friendship Local Politics Rants on September 17, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
6 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends*It has been my great privilege/blessing/luck to have benefited, recently, from assistance from a number of friends. I […] This entry was posted in Friendship With Gratitude & Thanks on September 2, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
9 Love you but not absorbing your painHow do you keep from absorbing the pain of your loved ones? If your mate is ”having a […] This entry was posted in Friendship Love & relationships The Family on June 2, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
9 Mr. Poetry ManHe’s “the poetry man, you make things alright.” sings Phoebe Snow in her song from 1989, One of […] This entry was posted in Friendship Writing - ideas & samples on May 12, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
3 I didn’t know because you didn’t tell meI didn’t know that really I didn’t. You never told me. I never asked. I never thought of […] This entry was posted in Friendship on April 2, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
The Holiday season has now officially endedThe holidays officially ended for me today because I finally took all the Christmas, New Year and Kwanzaa […] This entry was posted in Friendship With Gratitude & Thanks on February 1, 2009 by Candelaria Silva
2 Dump truck or Dump?I try to limit the number of trips I make with my dump truck to the dumps (i.e., […] This entry was posted in Friendship Love & relationships on November 23, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
2 All Goodbye Ain’t GoneAll goodbye ain’t gone. Sometimes this is a good thing, a thing you hope for, that the person […] This entry was posted in Friendship Love & relationships on November 12, 2008 by Candelaria Silva
2 Where You Been?!Where you been? OK, I’ll correct my grammar for the grummerians out there (I know it’s grammarians). Where […] This entry was posted in Friendship on November 8, 2008 by Candelaria Silva