: About Me

I live in Central Wisconsin in an area that is frequented by tourists. It is Nature's secret that I have found in my later years. I was born in Italy, but grew up in Chicago. One of my favorite writers growing up was MIke Royko, who wrote for the Chicago Sun Times.

Writing is a passion that I kept on a back burner for many years while pursuing my career in music. I am a musician and songwriter, and did this for a living for many years while living in Chicago.

I am self employed, and while I still perform and am deeply involved in music, I have much more free time to devote to my writing. I enjoy writing poetry, but I am drawn to stories of my youth in Chicago. I have had articles published in magazines and newspapers, and often I write under different names so that I do not get catergorized.

Helium is a wonderful outlet for me, and it allows amateur and professional writers to interact, so whichever you are, Helium is a great place to be!

My passion is ...

Writing, performing music, my family.( not necessarily in that order)

I know too much about ...

raising children, pangs of love, dysfunctional families, toothaches.

My parents always told me ...

to wear clean underwear in case I was in an accident.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a songwriter or a policeman.

My favorite memory ...

my mom and dad singing together while preparing food in the kitchen.

Why I write ...

to move others emotionally.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

magazines and old books, listening to uninspiring music.

My first job ...

threw out garbage for a grocery store

My best moment ...

there are several: discovering the "Creator," The birth of my children,realizing my true love!

My inspiration ...

pockets in my heart.

Politics, News & Issues > International News Historians discover tiny numbers and letters in the eyes of Mona Lisa

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The Mona Lisa has long held the gaze of the art world with her hypnotic eyes, and the sliver of a smile she shows, has left many wondering who it was that posed for this masterpiece. To add even more to the mystique of this famous painting, it has now been recently recognized by various researchers that The Mona Lisa painting has hidden letters and numbers in its eyes. The art world has been long been beguiled as to the identity of the the person who posed for this painting, and now the excitement is growing even more as  these letters and numbers, perhap...

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