Archive - The Immigrant Chronicles

Dec 30, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

Elf on the Shelf

Dec 23, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

“I went to English afternoon tea at that new hotel,” she said.

Dec 16, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

Not In Kansas Anymore

“Wow!” I breathed, impressed, when my cousin Philomena unveiled to me her remodeled kitchen, her mother’s brown-shrouded shrine to the 1970s newly…

Dec 8, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

There’s something a little different happening this week.

Dec 2, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

November 2025

In some families, it is the custom at the beginning of Thanksgiving dinner to go around the table with each person stating what they are particularly…

Nov 25, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

“… and a couple of slices of spinach and mushroom quiche, please,” I said to the nice man at the deli counter.

Nov 18, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

When I was younger, I used to know an older couple called Helen and Richard, who were the acme of Los Angeles sophistication.

Nov 11, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

Setting the Clocks Back

Setting The Clocks Back

Nov 4, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

October 2025

The Haunted House

I once spent the night in a haunted house.

Oct 28, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

Paging the Tardis

“What is that thing?” said my young friend Henry as we relaxed over the television in his family’s den.

Oct 21, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

Hello, new friends!

A delighted hello to all the lovely people who have joined to follow or subscribe to me this week!

Oct 15, 2025 • Gabrielle Donnelly

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