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 [...]
We arrived in Catania at 8:30pm last night. It was a short taxi ride to the very sweet B&B, where we were welcomed by the friendly staff. I was exhausted from the 30 hours of travel time it took to get here. I am convinced that layovers cause more fatigue [...]
Next week I will be leaving for Sicily, where I will be hosting two back-to-back yoga retreats. I have been so incredibly busy, with teaching classes and workshops and planning Sicily 2017! You haven't seen many blog posts from me, but I hope to post more often these next few [...]
As Seattle stands tall, bundled up against freezing temperatures and braced for current snowfall, I write this year's final Autumn Haiku Encore. As before, you will see a haiku poem followed by a photo/photos inspired by the haiku. The haiku and photos appear in the order I received them. The [...]
It's already December! Have I really been back from Japan for almost a month now? On the first day the group was together in Japan, I gave everyone an index card containing a haiku translated into English. Each haiku had an autumn theme. I asked everyone, if possible, to capture [...]
