About Me — Vera-Marie Landi

The older we get, the more stories we have to tell, and I have quite a plethora of them to share!

Me and middle granddaughter— taken by the Landi family

My life has been filled with many interesting adventures and experiences—from good and bad to hilariously funny. I love to write—I always have, yet I only started publishing stories in 2023, and I’m having a blast.

Also, in October 2023, I opened a few publications:

• Dancing My Way Through Life—stories about my and other’s dancing and exercise experiences.
• Digging Up Bones — a place for older stories — my most popular publication to date — Highlights older stories that hit the bottom of the reading pile too quickly.

My life

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., I went to Catholic school when the nuns were allowed to hit our hands with pointers and still wore huge habits that made them look like they were about to take off with the wind.

We then moved to New Jersey, where my Brooklyn accent and shyness made me a target for bullies.

But I was a smart child with a supposedly higher-than-average I.Q. who preferred reading a good book and minding her own business.

Throughout my life, I’ve had trouble sitting still if I wasn’t reading, working on a…