Vera-Marie Landi

Hackettstown

Vera-Marie Landi is a retired Systems Analyst for a major pharmaceutical company. She loves writing and hopes to see her stories, essays, and poems in print.

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The Day I Unwittingly Took Home a Strange Intruder

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi |Vidya Sury

Namaste Now | HumorUnaware he was hiding in the grass, I was too tempting for him to pass upSpring, in my area, means warm weather, leaves blooming on the trees, and insects awakening from their hiding places. Little did I know I would come into contact with a rather strange intruder. During the early stage of the pandemic, children were given laptops and attended virtual school from home.
The Day the Claw Machine Met Its Match

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

LifeAnd someone managed to beat the oddsAfter a busy day of swimming with my son and his family at an indoor water park, the kids wanted to visit the arcade, conveniently located on the same floor as our two adjacent hotel rooms. As we approached the busy swirl of noise and activity, the kids were beaming with excitement. In full view was a large claw machine filled with huge rainbow-striped beach balls, which they begged their mom to win for them.
Hilarious Logic of a Child

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

The Daily Cuppa GrandeA grandma’s special momentAs a lifelong Star Trek fan, I tried to raise my two boys to appreciate both the original episodes I cherished when I was younger and also the new ones.
Before We Get Too Busy with Summer Activities

1 month ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

Bringing good, old stories back to life to live and be read another day. Follow publicationNewsletter — Digging Up BonesLet’s revive some of those old storiesI started this publication because my stories were buried at the bottom of the heap too soon. Okay — some of them were bad — really bad. You know what they say: ‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,’ and so after a Creative Writing Course, I felt I could master any writing challenge.
Our Pet Almost Left Home

1 month ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

THE DAILY CUPPA GRANDELittle did he know, he was about to take an unexpected tripAs I was responding to B.R. Shenoy’s story, The Bird That Flew Freely, I mentioned that my kids had birds, iguanas, and snakes, and stories about them popped into my head. One in particular was about our pet, Jake the snake.
Counting Down to 80!

1 month ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

The Daily Cuppa Grande is an international writing community dedicated to sharing our culture, traditions, lifestyle, relationships, hopes, and humor to create a bridge connecting ordinary humans everywhere. It’s everything you love at The Daily Cuppa, in long form. Follow publicationTHE DAILY CUPPA GRANDEIf you had asked me when I was in my 30s if I expected to live to 80, I would have said, “Heck, no, but who wants to?”I’ve since changed my mind.
When We Just Can’t Hold It In

1 month ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

Bringing good, old stories back to life to live and be read another day. Follow publicationHumorA short collection of my funniest flatulence stories“Better to fart and feel the shame, than to hold it in and feel the pain!” — words said by an old man I once knew, after he unexpectedly let one go in the car!That was our cue to open the windows. Being young at the time, I couldn’t begin to imagine not dying of embarrassment if my body betrayed me and let out a burst of air accidentally.
Now That We’re Back, Let’s Kick It Off with Some Fun

2 months ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

Newsletter | HumorAnd what’s funnier than a fart? Okay, some of you may say this is slightly inappropriate, but on the other hand, c’mon, let’s face it, everyone’s body lets out gas — it’s human nature. What makes it hilarious is when it happens unexpectedly, creating embarrassing moments, and the older we get, the more that happens. I can say it — I’ll be 80 in June — and I will be the first to admit that air seems to find its way out of my body, often without warning.
‘Digging Up Bones’ Publication - Alive and Well

2 months ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

Old StoriesJust took a short breather, but back better than everIt’s been a while since I sent out ‘Digging Up Bones’ editions of older stories, but now I have a better idea for them. One Story at a Time: I asked people to send me, or I gathered, the URL to stories at least four months old, and already published in Medium, and then I featured around 15 of them in each edition of ‘Digging Up Bones,’ which I published every few weeks or so.
We’re Baaaaaack!

2 months ago | medium.com | Vera-Marie Landi

Bringing good, old stories back to life to live and be read another day. NewsletterAnd ready to start a new way to share those old stories. It’s been a while since I sent out ‘Digging Up Bones’ editions of older stories — but now I have a better idea for them.