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Bob Varettoni
Bob Varettoni

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Experiment in Flash Fiction: ‘Date Night in April’

The scene: It’s Date Night at a local BYOB restaurant my wife and I frequent.

Apr 12
Experiment in Flash Fiction: ‘Date Night in April’
Experiment in Flash Fiction: ‘Date Night in April’
Apr 12

My March Into Hell During March 2025

I’ve spent the first half of March 2025 at the side of Virgil and Dante, more or less, with these 3 books

Mar 18
My March Into Hell During March 2025
My March Into Hell During March 2025
Mar 18

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

Like Charlie Brown running toward a kickoff with Lucy spotting the football, I submit poems every year for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards…

Feb 23
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Feb 23

In Praise of Book Clubs (and ‘The Marriage Portrait’)

This is, ostensibly, a review of “The Marriage Portrait” by Maggie O’Farrell. So let’s start with that.

Feb 13
In Praise of Book Clubs (and ‘The Marriage Portrait’)
In Praise of Book Clubs (and ‘The Marriage Portrait’)
Feb 13

A Baker’s Dozen of Haikus

In November, I began pairing an original image with a haiku caption. I post these on social media every Monday morning.

Feb 11
A Baker’s Dozen of Haikus
A Baker’s Dozen of Haikus
Feb 11

My Year in Books (2024)

It seems I only read 11 books in 2024, while a friend wrote and recently published his first.

Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024

Hi, My Name Is Bob

Introducing Myself in 40 Lines

Oct 31, 2024
Hi, My Name Is Bob
Hi, My Name Is Bob
Oct 31, 2024

Summer’s Highlight: Mom’s 75th HS Reunion

One highlight this past summer was a Friday afternoon in late June that I spent happily surrounded by a eight women at a country club in…

Sep 1, 2024
Summer’s Highlight: Mom’s 75th HS Reunion
Summer’s Highlight: Mom’s 75th HS Reunion
Sep 1, 2024

Marcel Proust in Plain Vanilla

Is there anything better than ice cream on a hot summer’s day?

Jul 10, 2024
Marcel Proust in Plain Vanilla
Marcel Proust in Plain Vanilla
Jul 10, 2024

My New Jersey Trilogy

So Friday night, as they say, I did a thing.

Jun 16, 2024
My New Jersey Trilogy
My New Jersey Trilogy
Jun 16, 2024
Bob Varettoni

Bob Varettoni

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Posting here about writing, books, tech, family, baseball. More about me at bvarcommunications.com

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