Snapshots: Strawberry SweeTarts by Matilda Colarossi

Strawberry SweeTarts   Matilda Colarossi   She stood before the old man head down. She counted all the scratches on the dirty linoleum counter that separated them. Her dark eyes ran along the shiny edge dotted with tiny nails that held the counter top in place and then lower to the glass shelves. She looked…Read more Snapshots: Strawberry SweeTarts by Matilda Colarossi

Camminando, camminando…Matilda Colarossi

“Yesterday you had a mother on earth: today you have an angel somewhere else. Everything that is good outlasts, growing in strength, life on earth. Consequently, even your mother’s love. She loves you more than ever now.” Edmondo De Amicis Camminando, camminando   Una volta, mentre eravamo sedute sotto il noce in Abruzzo, mia madre…Read more Camminando, camminando…Matilda Colarossi

Snapshots: Pinball/Flipper by Matilda Colarossi

Pinball Matilda Colarossi I had experienced mad. It was just like when your head pops through the tightest part of a turtle-neck sweater and everything is black, and there's that throbbing pressure on your temples. That's how it was for me. It was the burning in your stomach that shoots up to your cheeks, burrowing…Read more Snapshots: Pinball/Flipper by Matilda Colarossi

Snapshots: L’Aquila by Matilda Colarossi

    L’Aquila Matilda Colarossi     An earsplitting rumble rips through my dreams shaking the world as I know it to its death. Then all is still. I wake up in a terrible sweat and look around me in the dark. I can't remember where I am. My nightlight is on the wrong side…Read more Snapshots: L’Aquila by Matilda Colarossi