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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 [...]

Rain Follows Me

We woke up to birdsong and a great big blue sky.  Our morning here consists of breakfast on the rooftop and Peppa's beautiful smile and great sense of humor.  Peppa works at this B&B San Placido Inn and prepares breakfast for us in the morning.  She is from Bulgaria, talks [...]

2017-04-21T20:46:13-07:00April 21st, 2017|Culture, Italy, nature, Photography, Sicily, Travel|

Christmas Growing Up: Indiana, 1960s

When I was growing up in Indiana in the 1960s, Christmas meant time off school, time to play in the snow and make a snowman. I always received Perfect Attendance Awards in school, mostly because I was healthy, but also because, even if I had a tummy ache, my mom [...]

2016-12-27T01:31:31-08:00December 27th, 2016|cooking, Culture, Family, nature, Photography, WA|
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