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scarpaauthor
Jan 12, 2022
How did this famous painting by Edgar Degas inspire an episode from my mother's life in my new book?
(Woman in a Tub by Edgar Degas, 1886) Listening to my parents’ stories of their youth, I learned that there were stark differences...
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scarpaauthor
Dec 22, 2021
Christmas 1961 versus Christmas 1931
Growing up, all of our Christmases on Maltby Street were similarly exciting, but for some reason one stands out for me. It must have been...
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scarpaauthor
Dec 5, 2021
Why is this my favorite photo of my father?
This photo, which I recently discovered in an old box with over a thousand love letters my father wrote to my mother during World War II,...
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