Greek Sicily

Who has time to write when in Sicily?  So photos will have to do. And yes, the weather has suddenly turned very warm and perfect. The Greeks left their mark here!  Sicily was a Greek Colony and has the most beautiful Greek ruins.  We spent yesterday in Siracusa with Eleonora [...]

Little Pink Houses/Heaven in Your Hands

If you are a Hoosier, you might think that little pink houses only exist in Indiana..or at least Indiana's very own John Mellencamp would have you believe, through his music, that little pink houses are sprinkled throughout Indiana towns and countrysides.  Yesterday, we made the discovery of the very sweet [...]

Sicily for Adriana

I thought to post some of my best photos from the past two days.   This post is dedicated to my friend and co-worker from Seattle Athletic Club, Adriana Allison Brown, 34 years old, married to Aaron Brown and mother of two beautiful little girls.  She passed away two days ago [...]

La Campagnia (The Sicilian Countryside)

We wake up to birdsong and sunshine.  We wake up to our beautiful villa.  We make jokes about staying here forever.  We breathe and take in the smell of orange blossoms, laurel in bloom, fragrant flowers that smell of jasmine.  We wake up to the great big Ionian Sea.  I [...]

Sicily: Notes To Self

Does anyone else wake up at 3am to write a blog in his or her head...and then promptly go back to sleep, later wake up at a decent time and write it down? Sicily: Notes To Self All of my hard work is worth every second of effort put forth. [...]

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