From Rome, with love! We have been walking all over the city and decided we would visit The National Gallery of Modern Art today. We attempted to walk to the museum, which involved a walk across the Villa Borghese Gardens. It all looked so simple after studying our map. On [...]
I can't believe the retreat is over! Months and months of planning and then suddenly I am writing about it in the past tense. The retreat was a great experience. The weather was warm enough to do yoga outside almost every day. We had one day of heavy downpour and [...]
What a great group! We get to watch the setting sun while doing evening yoga. Most times we are outside enjoying fresh air as we breathe and make our way into a sequence of asanas. This morning, it rained heavily, so we did our yoga indoors. It was incredibly comfortable [...]
Tramonto is the Italian word for sunset. We spent most of the morning doing very little (reading, writing, sitting in the piazza drinking coffee) and then spent this afternoon out and about with Gianni. We met with the chef and spent a good two hours going over the menu with [...]
Yesterday, in Italy, I received news of Herb Sundvall's passing. Herb was a dear friend and an accomplished poet. He was one of Rick's closest friends. They met regularly at the Urban Bakery at Green Lake, not far from Herb's home. Over a cup of coffee, they shared their poetry, [...]
