rich 1.0 Erica D'Archangelo has some stories to tell this week-and not all of them are about everyone's favorite food, that delicious, gooey, satisfyingly salty and doughy dinner known as pizza! A descendent of Italian immigrants, Erica carries the strength and determination of her forbears. She tells stories of family, community and the power of never giving up-resulting in beauty, belonging and how her family changed the fabric of a town simply by showing up and being themselves! Sometimes food does bring people together! And I'll let Erica tell you the story of the Mafia-she will do it much better than I could ever do! To read a bit more about this wonderful and unstoppable human, click here! (https://www.astoryaboutpizza.com/) and to buy her book, "A Story About Pizza" click here! (https://www.amazon.com/Story-About-Pizza-Erica-DArcangelo/dp/1917327005/) Your bit of beauty this week is this from the World Photography Awards ~ the BEST nature photos (https://www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com/winners-2024) of 2024. Scroll on through to see just how exquisite and full of gorgeousness this world truly is. And... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Byte Sized Blessings https://audioboom.com/channels/5034888-byte-sized-blessings Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43796402/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8630340/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>