Tramonto is the Italian word for sunset. We spent most of the morning doing very little (reading, writing, sitting in the piazza drinking coffee) and then spent this afternoon out and about with Gianni. We met with the chef and spent a good two hours going over the menu with [...]
I have always been intrigued by QUILTS! I see, in a quilt, a metaphor for life, a mosaic of sorts, a bringing together of various pieces of colorful fabrics and creating a storybook of art. Just as our lives consist of chapters and sequences of events and experiences that help [...]
Rick and I now live in the southwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. We went up to Sequim, Washington, also on the Olympic Peninsula, and I think it really dawned on me today how vast, diverse, and beautiful this peninsula is! Our friends, Tom and Ursula, rent a [...]
Our annual trip to Stehekin is magical as ever. We are almost off the grid here, so WiFi comes and goes. Our dreamy days are filled with hikes (Fran and Leslie) and fishing (Rick). Leslie and I come back from our vigorous hikes in the intense heat, wondering if Rick [...]
Two days ago, Rick went into the crawl space of the basement to grab wood to build more vegetable garden boxes, and came across a nest of 4 baby raccoons! They were newly born, eyes closed, cute as ever with their mask-markings already in place. The teen mother was partially [...]
