It's been a minute since my last post, but I traveled to Richmond, Virginia, last week for the Road2VA quilt show and spent the week...

Ciao! Let’s talk Gelato! For starters, on this delightful dessert in Italy (and many other places), I am a bona fide weirdo when it comes...

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...

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...

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...