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Lisa Macaione

Lisa Macaione
  • About
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • St. Charles Writers Group
  • About
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • St. Charles Writers Group

  • Birthdays and Anniversaries

    June 26, 2026 /

    For my birthday and the nation's 250th anniversary, I wish to see The Dream come true.

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  • The Year of the Fire Horse, or: How I Missed Last Month’s Blog Post

    March 26, 2026 /

    Sometimes a new year shows us that what we envision is not what the full story of what we need.

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  • How? A Poem for Magic

    December 19, 2025 /

    Written in gratitude for wonder.

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  • Magical Collision: A Pandemic Christmas Tale

    December 24, 2024 /

    2020 was anything but magical, but during Christmas that year, a special night of wonder descended upon our home.

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  • Christmas in Thailand

    December 10, 2024 /

    Christmas memories aren't all snow and Santa for me; the season also recalls times I got to spend in Thailand with my father's family when I was growing up.

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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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