In the middle of the night, I heard, "Miiii, Nuna a va fare sessant'anni!" I had been fast asleep, but this voice woke me up! It was my mother's voice, as if she were right there next to me, her voice clear as could be, saying in the Sicilian dialect, [...]
I held two one-day retreats this past weekend at Cathy Pierce's home and studio in Issaquah at Crystal Creek Studio! This is the third time I have offered these day retreats. They are held in the spring and again in autumn and they are purely magical! Cathy's house [...]
A few weeks ago, on September 30th, I had a reunion with some of the participants from last summer's Yoga on the Beach Retreat. It was a very special reunion in that I went over to Bainbridge Island to see Genevieve's (and Elizabeth's) beautiful home and garden. We went wild [...]
Busy day yesterday! I woke up well before dawn, taught my heart out, went back to Seattle Athletic Club in the afternoon and took part in a photo shoot for their brochure, went home for a little while (crawled into bed and read for an hour!), and went back downtown [...]
This has got to be the BEST cat photo ever! My sister Zina took this photo 3 years ago when we were in our home village of Grotte, Sicily. It is fantastic. We were there for Easter visiting aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was one of the coldest Easters on [...]