Archive forJune, 2012

Jun

29

Momnesia Week Comes to a Close

June 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

Momnesia Week at RM is winding down and what better way to end it than with the announcement of our “Momnesia” book giveaway winners. Drum roll please … CONGRATULATIONS WYNDE ROSE AND KIM WALKER! Wynde you have won your choice of either a “Momnesia” paperback copy or a Kindle version. And Kim, you have won [...]

Jun

28

Guest Post: Finding Balance During Summer

June 28, 2012 | 3 Comments

RM Note: It’s Day 4 and Momnesia Week at Renaissance Mom is winding down. As a special treat “Momnesia” author Lori Verni-Fogarsi has provided RM with a guest post today offering those in the throws of motherhood a way to find balance between themselves and their children this summer. And as a bonus she is [...]

Jun

27

A Momnesia Week Q&A with author Lori Verni-Fogarsi

June 27, 2012 | 2 Comments

It’s Day #3 of Momnesia Week here at Renaissance Mom and do I have a surprise for you. We’ve been celebrating all things “Momnesia” for the past two days and today we have the “Momnesia” expert, author Lori Verni Fogarsi. Like all things in my life lately, I met Lori while I was working on [...]

Jun

26

‘Momnesia’ review and giveaway

June 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

““You know that your life has become far too miserable when you can’t even recall what you’re doing versus what you’ve done.” ~ “Momnesia” by Lori-Verni-Fogarsi  (Brickstone Publishing, March 2012); 288 pages, $11.70) Between running a successful cleaning service, raising two daughters, and trying to salvage the remains of a failing marriage with a man who [...]

Jun

25

It’s Momnesia Week at Renaissance Mom!

June 25, 2012 | 4 Comments

Hi everyone. Welcome to Momnesia Week at Renaissance Mom!  Huh? I know, I know. You’re wondering “What the heck is Momnesia?” Right? I wondered that, too, as I stumbled upon author Lori Verni-Fogarsi’s Facebook page one day. She had recently released her first fiction novel titled — yep, you guessed it — “Momnesia,” and the [...]

Jun

23

The Decorating Diva to the rescue

June 23, 2012 | 7 Comments

Like many siblings, my sister and I are VERY different. I love her, she loves me, but we often see the world through extremely different eyes. Maybe it’s the way our genes were mixed during conception, maybe my biological father was an eccentric, gay decorator, with an eye for color. Whatever the case, my sister [...]

Jun

21

Guest Post: Everything has a Season

June 21, 2012 | 6 Comments

By Dilsa Saunders Bailey, author of The Sperling Chronicles We have all been there wishing today would be over. Waiting for our dreams, our hopes to come alive, especially when are you a mom juggling kids, work, hockey games, husband, volunteer work, and whew … I am exhausted thinking about it. We have all wanted [...]

Jun

20

MOMables™ Q&A and giveaway

June 20, 2012 | 12 Comments

Once again the social media gods have answered my prayers. Sick of listening to a semi-picky 10-year-old complain about the disgusting school lunches (they are I know), I decided I needed to do better at sending him off to school at least a few days a week with healthy mom-made lunches. The problem (and reason [...]

Jun

19

Marilyn Kalish: A glimpse inside the life and mind of an artist

June 19, 2012 | 5 Comments

Note: Last Fall I met with Great Barrington, Mass., artist Marilyn Kalish to talk about her series-in-progress, ‘Paris,’ for an article I was writing for a local publication. The series was born in Kalish’s mind after finding and re-reading her childhood journals which revealed her thoughts and emotions about a long-forgotten trip to Paris. Upon [...]

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