Cindy Marabito
All in a day's work....JFK and me
It was 6 a.m. on Dealey Plaza. I’d been there for an hour already. It was cold and dark. You see, the Dealey Plaza was my station. It was...
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Cindy Marabito
- Dec 3, 2020
- 4 min
All That Jazz
from my memoir Beautiful Mountain As an alternative, I was allowed to switch to jazz lessons. I could still wear my pink ballet slippers,...
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Cindy Marabito
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Satan is Real
from Beautiful Mountain a memoir by Cindy Marabito Daddy had come crawling back and had quit the drinking. They remarried and we all...
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Cindy Marabito
- Sep 22, 2020
- 1 min
From the chapter Sorrow - The Legend of Sky Diamond
Henry wore his brown hair long, casually brushing against his famous work shirt collar. He was probably about forty when I met him,...
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Cindy Marabito
- Sep 2, 2020
- 9 min
In the kitchen with Liz Dupree - from the chapter Africa; Jackson, the novel
The character Liz Dupree was inspired by the magnificent Laura Dern way back when Jackson was a screenplay in the 90's...she's been...
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Cindy Marabito
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Skitz: A whiter shade of pale
from The Legend of Sky Diamond Skitz acted like he was kind of a weird big brother to me. At first. He was younger than Gene, but he was...
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Cindy Marabito
- Aug 26, 2020
- 7 min
Oz didn't never give nothing to the Tin Man..from The Legend of Sky Diamond
The Tin Man “But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man That he didn't, didn't already have And cause never was the reason for the...
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Cindy Marabito
- Aug 16, 2020
- 3 min
Swinging with Elly May from the novel, Jackson
Grace just kept on laughing. “We’re swinging.” I heard cars and looked up to see a military caravan driving down Capitol Street. Willie...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
No good ever comes up on Choctaw Ridge
from JACKSON by Cindy Marabito So, no good ever comes up on Choctaw Ridge. I wondered if maybe that bluff Roy and J.W. were looking for...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
In through the out door....happy birthday, Sky Diamond
Sky Diamond (star, Sky Diamond Superstar): It was on my fourteenth birthday when it happened. Gene had never gone of his way to celebrate...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
Surfin' safari...Greek style!
Ok. It was 1982 or thereabouts. Maybe 1981. When was Duke's Royal Coach Inn open? We were all working at Balboa Cafe. Me, my sister...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
The Lovebirds: Covid pick of the day!
Netflix The Lovebirds is a charming story featuring Kumail Nanjiani as Jibran and Issa Rae as Leilani. Comedian, actor, screenwriter and...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jun 24, 2020
- 3 min
Jeanine's secret from the chapter Emmett Till/Jackson, the novel
Jeanine drove a light green ’59 Rambler. It was a hardtop, but it suited her perfectly. The little houses looked like homes with no...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
Wake up Everybody - first day of forced desegregation in Jackson, the novel
This day was the official execution of the supreme court decision. Even though a decision to desegregate had been handed down way back in...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
Jody says goodbye to Jackson and its old dead statues....from chapter Ball of Confusion / Jackson
The sun had begun to go down and we needed to get on the road. I can honestly say I was not sorry to leave. I wanted to put as many miles...
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Cindy Marabito
- Jun 11, 2020
- 4 min
Looking for Mr. Goodbar from Jules, the Truth Finder
and tomorrow we might not be together... I'm no prophet and I don't know nature's ways... so I'll try and see into your eyes right now......
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Cindy Marabito
- Jun 10, 2020
- 2 min
Riding on the city of New Orleans from Sojourn, Jackson, the novel
I touched the pen to my lips and tasted the ink in my mouth. I felt like writers feel. The early sun reflected off the tin signs along...
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