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The Dance of Light: How the Pantheon Captures the Sun’s Divine Energy
Access to the Pantheon had historically been free for centuries, even millennia. Thirty years ago, I walked in and out of this site at...

Terri Tomoff
16 hours ago4 min read


History in the Making - Rome, Italy 2025 - Part 1
The Villa Vada in Poggibonsi was a terrific place for a baker’s dozen family and friends to rest, reset, and roam the breathtaking Tuscan...

Terri Tomoff
2 days ago4 min read


Onboard Shopping at 39,000 Feet
On May 2, 2025, we boarded a "Swiss" operated well-known airline, Austrian Airlines. This airline and others are under Star Alliance...

Terri Tomoff
Jun 33 min read


Kelleys Island Race Day 2025
It’s June 1, 2025 - Kelleys Island, Ohio - Race Day! (Updated) Oh, I’m still working on my Italy stories (in my head and in an outline),...

Terri Tomoff
Jun 12 min read


Souvenirs from Italy
Ciao! Wow, this is the longest I have not blogged—six days— in over twelve years! It's been a minute to get myself together after the...

Terri Tomoff
May 293 min read


Villa Vada in Poggibonsi, Italy
Ciao! Our rented Villa Vada and the Annex off the main building could accommodate up to 15 people. We had twelve and a baby in the...

Terri Tomoff
May 231 min read


Packing for Domestic/International Travel
Do you pack too much stuff? There is something about savoring and enjoying the past couple of weeks traveling through Italy and now...

Terri Tomoff
May 213 min read


Adventure Around Every Corner - Italy!
Almost Ready and Packed. We leave the house at Noon. I’ve stopped the mail. Hubby Bill mowed the front and backyard, our dishes from...

Terri Tomoff
May 22 min read


May Day!
It’s May 1 – May Day—when Workers’ Day commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and the labor movement, woven from ancient...

Terri Tomoff
May 12 min read


Rotating Photos from Botswana 🇧🇼
There is some nostalgia when photos taken in the past pop up on the day it was taken, years notwithstanding. One of many I took on my...

Terri Tomoff
Feb 201 min read


Lingering Inspirations - Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
August 2018 The Grand Mosque - The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Temperature...

Terri Tomoff
Jan 303 min read


Lingering Inspiration in a Restaurant - Nalu's
While having lunch with my bee-mates last month in a kind of/sort of pub place called Franklin’s in Hyattsville, Maryland, we got to...

Terri Tomoff
Jan 122 min read


A Visit with Laura Murphy and Mark Neal at the African-American Museum & The Impact of Handwritten Notes on Soldiers' Morale
A last-minute invite to the Smithsonian African-American Museum in Washington, D.C ., is where I spent most of this second day of the new...

Terri Tomoff
Jan 23 min read


A Lazy Day & WildT’s Travel Tips - Practical Souvenirs
While I work on highlighting 2024 in a future blog post, where there was, thankfully, a lot of travel (using photos for memories, too), I...

Terri Tomoff
Dec 28, 20242 min read
Celebrating my 700th Post in Manufacturing Sunshine ☀️ , and my 63rd Birthday 🥳!
Sixty-three is an odd number, but I don’t feel so odd with this particular birthday. I still feel 25 or 30. Ahem. Perhaps celebrating...

Terri Tomoff
Nov 12, 20242 min read
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