What Color Are You? It’s amazing in these enlightened times that I have to ask this question, but I do. I don’t mean are you white, or black, or brown, or any shade in between? We all know that doesn’t matter. Right? …Right? So let’s get to the real issue. What color are you—on the […]
Filed under: Animal Sanctuary, Life Lessons, Pigs Who Write, Uncategorized by Giacomo on 11/29/12
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What is Thanksgiving? We celebrate a lot on Thanksgiving. I thought about all I had to be thankful for and decided that every now and then I’d dedicate my blog to someone special on my list of those who need to be thanked. My wife is always at the top of the list, and my […]
Filed under: Family, Life Lessons, Uncategorized by Giacomo on 11/21/12
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Inspiration I’m Dennis. Ya’ll know me by now. Giacomo saved me when I was just a baby, but now I can take care of myself. It was touch and go for a while; the vet even told Giacomo to, “put him down.” Imagine that! It had me worried, but I had some good advice from […]
Filed under: Animal Sanctuary, Life Lessons, Pigs Who Write, Storytelling, Uncategorized by Giacomo on 10/18/12
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Today is my wife’s 60th birthday, and it’s quite possible she’ll kill me just for spreading that news. But since it is such a momentous occasion, I thought I’d dedicate today’s blog to her. Why I Hate My Wife I realize this sounds like a horrible title for a blog post, especially when I have […]
Filed under: Family, Life Lessons, marriage, Uncategorized by Giacomo on 10/11/12
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Substance Abuse Addiction and substance abuse affect almost every family in the country. If you don’t have someone in your family afflicted, or a relative, chances are you know someone. Growing up I didn’t realize this. Back then it was the kind of thing that was kept hidden. That uncle who was so hilarious was […]
Filed under: character development, Drug Addiction/Substance Abuse, Family, Life Lessons, Uncategorized, Writing by Giacomo on 09/20/12
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Life is Full of Surprises My mother wasn’t the smartest person in the world. Don’t get me wrong, she wasn’t stupid, she wasn’t even “not intelligent,” but she would never wow anyone with her fierce intelligence. She wasn’t the funniest person either. She had a sense of humor, but in our family her humor always […]
Filed under: Drug Addiction/Substance Abuse, Family, Life Lessons, Uncategorized by Giacomo on 08/30/12
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Why My Book is Delayed My next book, A Bullet For Carlos, is going to be delayed a bit, probably a month or two. I blame it all on Dennis, our crazy wild boar. No, he didn’t eat the only copy of the manuscript. And he didn’t destroy my hard drive. What Dennis did was […]
Filed under: Animal Sanctuary, Editing, Life Lessons, Pigs Who Write, Writing by Giacomo on 07/12/12
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My wife and I celebrated our 43rd anniversary yesterday. Thatâs what all the fireworks were about. Because of that, I didnât have time for a long post, so I threw something together about marriage. What Makes a Marriage Work? Since Iâve started writing, a lot of people have asked questions about my background. Once […]
Filed under: Family, Life Lessons by Giacomo on 07/5/12
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