Ciao Ciao Roma! Despite having pinkeye now with itchy eyes and gunk blurring my vision at times, I had eagle eyes in Rome in May 2025 to...

There is a lot in life to be thankful for, and our trip to Italy (and any travel, frankly) was a huge blessing for my family and dear...

Access to the Pantheon had historically been free for centuries, even millennia. Thirty years ago, I walked in and out of this site at...

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...

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

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),...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...