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Lisa Macaione

Lisa Macaione
  • About
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  • St. Charles Writers Group
  • About
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • St. Charles Writers Group
  • Tot Ziens, April: How I Find Holland at Home

    May 1, 2026 /

    Spring always brings me back to my younger days spent studying in the Netherlands.

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  • Washington D.C., Thanksgiving, and Reckoning with America’s Past and Present

    November 30, 2025 /

    The final installment of our 2025 family road trip series, and thoughts on the United States of America.

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  • Classic Beach & Boardwalk Day in Ocean City, Maryland

    August 15, 2025 /

    We kicked off our summer road trip to the east coast with some classic American nostalgia.

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  • Grocery Stories of My Life

    May 29, 2025 /

    Grocery stores do more than provide ingredients; they are part of the feast of our lives.

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  • 31 Things I Don’t Hate about Fall

    October 4, 2024 /

    Fall brings all the feelings.

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  • We Went to Canada! Pt. 4: Montréal

    September 16, 2024 /

    The last leg of our trip to Canada was our favorite by far. J'adore Montréal!

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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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  • 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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  • Cincinnati, O-hi-o!

    November 28, 2023 /

    A few days in Cincinnati can be an adventure, too.

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Recent Blog Posts

  • Summer Sestina, 2026
  • 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

Instagram Posts @lisamacaionewrites

Taste Buds go to Sheboygan, WI: The Malibu of the Midwest! We couldn’t have asked for better weather or prettier views for our 2026 fall trip 🌊🌅🍂🍁 Official groupies for Rock N’ Ravioli! We ordered so much food and it was all devoured so quickly I just got a pic of my delicious seafood ravioli. Everything was phenomenal. This place rocks!!! 🎸🍝🍷 Took a little solo field trip into the city to catch the de Kooning exhibition before it closes. Taking the train into Chicago, walking down Madison, and visiting the Art Institute is about as me as it gets. My bag is from when I was a member maybe as a teenager or in my early twenties? It carries my books, of course. The soul feels full today. The St. Charles History Museum’s Fall Historic House Tour has long been a dream of mine! My mom took us to so many historic house museums growing up, and we’ve gone to the Elgin historic house tour for decades. I always hoped that something like this would happen in St. Charles so I am so glad to see the @stc_history putting on such an excellent showcase of our beautiful domestic architecture! What a fun way to spend the afternoon with my friend and fellow St. Charles enthusiast @mtheresafaith, too! I recently obtained this vintage hummingbird & lotus vase secondhand (with another equally as lovely). The owner’s mother had brought it with her when she immigrated from Korea. I decided to try drying my own hydrangeas in it as a dining room centerpiece, a bit of summer inspiration all year long. I can’t stop looking at it 😍 Thank you labor movement for this long weekend! No working 9-5 for us the past several days, but plenty of fun with friends and family! September 2003. My first visit to Amsterdam. It’s been too long, friend! From hiking Sedona’s desert to sailing Lake Michigan, this summer (like any summer) can only be described as fleeting. Read my poem “Summer Sestina, 2026” on lisamacaione.com. Happy #NationalParkWeek! This summer we took a long road trip out west and stopped in three national parks. Arches National Park @archesnps has blazed a flame in my mind ever since, and I am prolonging the wonder I felt for that fiery, far out land by reading Edward Abbey’s book Desert Solitaire about his years spent there more than half a century ago.

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