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Lisa Macaione

Lisa Macaione
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  • My American Story

    July 13, 2026 /

    An old box of photographs stirs up memories of road trips throughout the U.S.

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  • 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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  • From Planning to Ponies: Chincoteague Island, Virginia (Part 2)

    October 31, 2025 /

    A Letter to my daughters about our summer trip to Chincoteague, VA.

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  • From Planning to Ponies: Chincoteague Island, Virginia (Part 1)

    September 30, 2025 /

    I had always dreamed of seeing the wild ponies with my daughters--but were our plans too good to be true?

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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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  • Horse Girls

    July 24, 2025 /

    National I Love Horses Day recalls books, movies, and the gentle steeds which have been a part of my life's trail.

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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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  • On the Arrival of a Parkway Plane Tree

    April 29, 2025 /

    My artist brain gets a new streetside muse.

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  • At Night

    March 21, 2025 /

    For World Poetry Day, I share a poem and a piece of art inspired by wanderlust.

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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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