I am one of five daughters. My mother was one of five daughters. My mother's mother was one of five daughters. FIVE DAUGHTERS FIVE I come from a lineage of five daughters born on my mother's side of the family for three generations in a row. Too bad it's not [...]
July 30, 2016: I am re-posting this and have added a few more photos. I wrote this a few years ago in honor of my Aunt Lily. Today, sadly, she died. She just turned 89 years old last month. I am overwhelmed with sadness. The world today seems to be [...]
What better way to make my re-entry into the 2015 World of Blogging than to post some of my favorite photos of cats! This blog is dedicated to my friends' father, Daddy Don, who loved cats. He especially loved Italian cats. Strays? He loved them even more! When in Italy, [...]
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 [...]
