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‘Twas Twain’s Maui

I'm back from Maui and my heart is happy to have traveled there. It was relaxing to bask in the sunshine, enjoy the warmth of the island, and marvel at the lava-red sunsets. I still have a few Maui blog posts to write and will write them and line [...]

2019-01-12T22:33:24-08:00January 12th, 2019|Culture, friends, Health, Hiking, nature, Photography, Travel|

There is a place…

There is a place.... where magic happens.  It's not far from Seattle, just a short ferry ride away on Vashon Island. For a few years now, I've offered day retreats at what I will call a "secret garden".  I'm not allowed to say on social media where this place [...]

Yoga and Hiking in Sicily

I will let the slideshow of the Yoga and Hiking in Sicily say it all!  The slideshow is set to the music of Carmen Consoli called Madre Terra, Mother Earth.  Carmen Consoli is from Catania, Sicily and has a soulful voice that is as rich as the Sicilian soil.  Turn [...]

Dentro L’Etna

Sicily Yoga and Hiking Retreat is in full-swing and there is no time to blog...will post these photos of our exhilarating trek up Etna.  Climbing Etna was tough, but we did it!  It is one of those bucket-list activities that we dream of doing.  Yes, we did it!  We were [...]

Dinner with Darwin

Darwin's an impressionable, charming, and very bright young guy in his 20s, originally from Mauritius, living in Catania. We met him last year at the villa, as he is the son of the villa's caretakers and he helps his parents with their workload at the villa. Those of you reading [...]

2018-05-01T09:54:37-07:00May 1st, 2018|Cats, Culture, friends, Italy, Sicily, Travel, writing|
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