![]() ![]() Years later, while we both served on the board, our friendship progressed to the “lifelong” category. ![]() It took a while, but at some point, I stopped being Suzette’s stalker and became her friend. Finally, one night in the hospitality suite, we struck up a real conversation. Like a groupie at a rock concert, I followed her around, making awkward eye contact in hopes that she’d take pity on me. ![]() I was a wide-eyed newcomer, totally in awe of Suzette Martinez Standring, author of The Art of Column Writing, which I’d read from cover to cover several times. We had met during the NSNC conference in Macon, Georgia, back in 2012. But hey, to each her own, right? I’d fake my way through it for the chance to catch up with my columnist crony any day.īefore her paying customers arrived, I chatted with my friend in her open kitchen, watching her deftly prepare the elements of what would surely be a fabulous lunch. Transcendental this and that, colored chakras, ancient wisdom…hooey. ![]() The fact that she was leading a guided-imagery session that day with four other writers was completely incidental.īesides, I didn’t really believe in all that meditation hocus-pocus. I arrived at Suzette’s summer house in Cape Cod believing that I was there to sample her famous gourmet cuisine and chat. Suzette Martinez Standring and Lisa Smith Molinari ![]()
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