My husband Chuck and I spent the weekend in Pittsburgh, our hometown. We traveled there on a long, nightmarish flight – another story for another time – for two big parties on separate days.

My youngest nieces, Becky and Lizzie, are the last of the Sciullo clan’s 10 offspring to graduate high school. Their celebrations overflowed with sumptuous food, shared memories and talk of college plans – a juxtaposition of past and present that more than once turned time’s canvas inside out. Read more…

I suppose you could call me a walking marketing campaign – and an unwitting one at that.

Let me explain. Besides acting as Bon’s Eye editor-in-chief, I also design and make jewelry in my spare time. This started as a hobby a couple years ago, at the urging of my friend (and Sarah’s mother), Laura.

“Look,” I said to her one spring evening back in 2007. “I just need something creative to do, something I can get my hands on that doesn’t involve computers or business writing.”

Remembering my brief foray into collage, I added, “Or glue guns.” Read more…