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Lisa Macaione

Lisa Macaione
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  • We Went to Canada! Pt. 2: Toronto

    July 31, 2024 /

    What we visited, where we ate, and other thoughts on our trip to Toronto.

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  • We Went to Canada! Pt. 1: Lessons Learned

    July 17, 2024 /

    First time roadtripping to Canada, just the four of us. What did we learn?

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  • Summer Sprint

    June 21, 2024 /

    Every year, summer goes by in a flash.

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  • #PorchSeason

    May 22, 2024 /

    My favorite part of our home is a reminder of the past and an awareness of the present.

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  • Confessions of a Disney Adult

    April 29, 2024 /

    It started with Bambi, then Belle . . . Our trip to Disney World that I swore we'd never take.

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  • Staycation, All I’ve Ever Wanted?

    March 22, 2024 /

    Spring Break is almost here. Am I ready for it?

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  • Leap Year 2024

    February 29, 2024 /

    A poem that looks back on the last time the world had an extra day.

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  • Our Family Culture

    February 26, 2024 /

    Our parenting style isn't based on a label; it's simply the right match for our family.

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  • Christkindlmarket Love: Twenty Years and Counting

    December 11, 2023 /

    It's been twenty years since I visited my first German Christmas market, and it's become a family tradition.

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  • Chicken and Rice

    November 6, 2023 /

    This essay first appeared in Scran Press on October 31, 2022. It is based on my travels to Hainan, China with my father's family in April 2002.

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Recent Blog Posts

  • My American Story
  • Birthdays and Anniversaries
  • Tot Ziens, April: How I Find Holland at Home
  • The Year of the Fire Horse, or: How I Missed Last Month’s Blog Post
  • Discord Tanka

Instagram Posts @lisamacaionewrites

New on the blog: “My American Story,” written for the July 11, 2026, St. Charles Writers Group topic. Link in bio! Our Great American West Road Trip Part 2/2, tribute to the west as seen from the passenger seat: Nevada to Illinois via Moab, Utah, and Denver, Colorado. Our Great American West Road Trip Part 1/2, the country as seen from the passenger seat (with the sideview mirror making cameos and a bug-splattered windshield for special effect). Today’s St. Charles Writers Group Annual Summer Reading was terrific from start to finish! What a pleasure seeing longtime members and having brand new faces join in the festivities! I have a new poem for America’s 250 in Rick Holinger’s @kcchronicle column and up on my blog! The link to Rick’s column is in my bio. I give my kids a lot of credit for going with me to the Anne Frank exhibit @griffinmsi on their second day of summer break. My oldest just had a Holocaust unit in 8th grade and my younger daughter knew about Anne but still had so many questions. The exhibit was thorough, informative, and of course, deeply disturbing. I’ve had the privilege of visiting Frank House in Amsterdam, and this one did an excellent job recreating the somber essence of the original. We talked a lot about why it is so important to know Anne’s story and how Nazi Germany came to be. As Otto Frank stated, “To build up a future, you have to know the past.” I set a goal to finish listening to/editing my novel a final time before the kids got out of school, and one day late is pretty close! Now to try and get this thing out in the world! Mom and Dad’s Day Off—before the kids’ schools are out for summer! Been thinking about me, before, and me, now. I’m going to get her back.

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