I lead an annual Pre-Holiday Yoga and Wellness Day Retreat at Crystal Creek Studio in Issaquah, Washington. The studio and house where the retreat takes place sits on a mountain. It is a green peaceful getaway, less than an hour drive from Seattle. The studio looks out over trees and [...]
Strangely enough, when I was a little girl, I didn't like autumn. I found it to be a sad time. It bothered me that the flowers in my mom's garden died and that my dad's vegetable garden and orchard failed to produce the vegetables and fruits I so enjoyed all [...]
Simply put FOOD IS LOVE. Food comes from the earth and to love food is to love the earth. Food is culture, a story on your plate that unveils thousands of years of history. Sicily is known as the SPICE OF ITALY. Sicily today is the product of a melting [...]
Our guide Graziella recited a poem, written by an anonymous poet in ancient times, which describes the legend of how Sicily came to be. She recited it first in the Sicilian dialect and then translated it into English. I cannot find the Sicilian words, but it was the loveliest of [...]
Today, While sitting in the hot October Sicilian sun, While overlooking the Ionian Sea and La Montagna (Mt. Etna), While looking at my fellow yogis basking in the sun, While listening to the next-door-villa’s lovely Italian music filling the air, While feeling my heart sing and my eyes about to [...]
