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Everyone has a story to tell—perhaps a story of loss, perseverance, shame, self-discovery, courage, or wonder. Over the course of a life well lived, we experience identity-defining moments that change us in profound ways. Like an abundant spice cabinet, we amass nuggets of wisdom that we call on from time to time, some for ourselves and some for those we love and emotionally support.

Some of the stories you’ll find on this site are mine and some of them I’ve gleaned from conversations with people I hold dear in my universe. I share these stories in hope of creating a kinder, more empathic community. Shedding light on our own humanity can be healing, inspirational, and powerful, especially in unity with others.

The ultimate mission of AnitaUncorked.com is to take readers on a journey of understanding and inspiration and to provide real evidence that we are, in fact, not alone.  


Trigger Code

Jenny Meno

Lighthouse Chowder

Van de Graaff Generator at dawn

8 torn hot air balloon panels

Out-of-boat experience

40th birthday party (people are mobilizing!)

Backyard Fried Chicken

Scattered ashes at Norman’s Cove

Flying (and falling) nuns on Cape Cod

Al at Pizza Hut

Skip Barber Racing School

The Castle

Kimball’s

Mr. Dremel

Thorn in My Pride

Ronnie’s

Red Sox and Patriots

Pig Balls and Pig Nuts

Sleeping in a stranger’s closet in rainy Newfoundland

Turning the millennium at Block Island

Volvo wagons

Shed-building

Endless raking

One-legged Peg the pigeon

Pink door rooftop

The Inn by the Sea

Roughing it at Bustins

Fogelberg’s To the Morning

Diana dying while at Indian Lake

Stuffing a “huge” new Sony TV in car in time to watch Olympics

Watching Celtics games on deck under the umbrella screen canopy

Squirrel buzzers

Setting alarms to keep up with basement flood

Peewee the 21-year-old cat

Luna wagging to Norah Jones

Cardhu

Cooking “sushi” over bunson burner

Pajammin in the name of the lord

Dancing in the dark

Hawaiian chickens

Ed-gar! (Martinez)

Driving through a Swiss tunnel and ending up in Italy

Salty Fix the Fucking Boat, Doo Dah

Waterfall skinny dipping

Custom intermittent wipers

Broken serpentine belts

Fido fleeces

insulin curves

Red Rocks rattler

backyard Laudisio pizza truck

frigid September Milner Pass hike

Napster downloads on 28.8 modems

Hurricane Bob

Sunday beach traffic backups

Steely Dan speaker test

weekend New England drives

Piscataqua Bridge

Patriot missile pride

Burger King Eddie Brown

Newicks

mobile home pipe freeze

Panther kitty visits

get the lemons!

Ferry rides

Nebraska teepee

Off-roading Hummer flat

Grill scattered in wind storm

Hale Bop comet chasing

Hiding Hologram Wishbone for sweet surprises

 

the million little things that make up a collective experience:

they may fade but never vanish

summoned by memory triggers uninvited

Jewels, Masks, and Friendship:         A Tribute to Tony Longeretta

Jewels, Masks, and Friendship: A Tribute to Tony Longeretta