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Havana and Surprises
“Viva Cuba! Cuba libre! The cheer went up in the aircraft cabin as my daughter Naomi and I touched down at the Jose Marti International Airport after the short flight from Fort Lauderdale. Most of the passengers were clapping and cheering, apparently Cubans coming...
People of Havana
During our six-day Christmas vacation in 2016, Naomi and I saw many instances of the fervent patriotism we had seen on the plane among our fellow passengers as we landed in Havana. A bookseller with whom we talked exemplified this love of country. He was peddling...
My Memoir Reading at Shine Restaurant in Boulder
I had a reading and signing of my memoir, Coming of Age: Come Rain or Come Shine, on May 11 at Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place in Boulder, Colorado. I still know lots of folks in the Boulder/Denver area from my thirty-six years of living there. I had informed...
A visit to Comic Con with my daughter, Naomi Grossman
I accompanied my daughter, Naomi Grossman, to the first Comic Con presented in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on May 13-15. She was booked there as the actor who portrayed the character of Pepper for two seasons on American Horror Story. I had heard so much about these zany, fun...
Martha performs her “C’est la vie!” monologue in Taos
Martha Grossman Book Signing Monologue from susan preston on Vimeo My monologue, C’est la vie!, is an extension of my memoir, Coming of Age: Come Rain or Come Shine. It is based on the idea of a chance encounter with my ex-husband at the Zen Coffee Den, site of...
Creativity and Spirituality
Creativity and Spirituality. Big concepts. And how is one linked to the other?I’ll focus on how my life has been enriched by chance encounters with utter strangers. These happenings appear mystical, magical, and spiritual.This doesn’t happen often. And it only happens...
Memoir Book Signing in Taos!
June 20, 2015—one of the best days of my seventy-seven-year life! The day of my first public reading from my newly-published memoir, Coming of Age: Come Rain or Come Shine.I had scheduled it months before, during the crazy-making heavy editing phase of the book...
Coming of Age: Come Rain or Come Shine, is the moving story of a womans’ successful transformation. Recommended for anyone who is faced with an unforeseen turn in a life path. .
