Newtown 'Pie Lady' Gets Help from Morris Residents
Flanders residents Janice Molinari and Marguerite Smith—co-owners of Morristown yoga studio—drafted by friend and author to bake and help serve pies to grieving Connecticut community.
Even amidst the unspeakable tragedy that befell the quiet town of Newtown, Conn., where 26 people—including 20 children—were shot and killed by a mentally-unstable 20-year-old, positive stories can be told. One of those stories was of writer Beth Howard, who travelled from her Iowa home by RV to bake and serve pies to those still grieving following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. As noted in a Star-Ledger article from Dec. 18,—and many other media outlets—Howard felt compelled to help ease the suffering in her own way, in a similar way after the sudden death of her husband three years ago. Following that, she wrote "Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie." "As part of her grieving process she packed up the RV her husband …
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11:14 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
What a lovely gesture. more ›