In 1958, Domenico Modugno, singer from the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa, wrote the famous song Volare. My guess is that most everyone knows the song, right? But what most people outside of Italy don’t know is that the original title of the song was Di Blu, Dipinto di Blu, [...]
How about if I make this all photos? That way I can post it without delay and get to sleep! Photos from our fabulous last day in Siracusa at the market, il mercato, where we had so much fun chatting with the vendors and taking it all in: terrace [...]
Once upon a time I was going to write a blog post titled In Her Shoes, but I never wrote it. After my mom passed away and I had to help go through her belongings, I discovered that her brand-new never-worn shoes and her barely-worn vintage size 8 shoes somehow [...]
This Summer Solstice morning brings us abundant sunshine and a flock of goldfinches here at Ocean Shores. Earlier, I was sitting at my desk and, below in the garden, I heard the gravel crunching, as it does when someone is walking around outside. I imagined Rick out there admiring the [...]
We woke up to snow yesterday. I'd say about two inches fell in the valley, but it quickly melted in the lowlands. Our view of snow in the mountains was gorgeous. We did a long hike to the Trail of Love, a forested trail along a ridge overlooking the valley [...]
