Florence Above the Arno: Mother’s Day & Irises

May 9, 2010

Florence May 09, 2010On a hill high above the Arno River is a garden. Its gate is almost hidden protecting it from all but the most resourceful. Terraces that fall for a thousand or so feet are joined together by twisty flagstone paths. The terraces are peppered by ancient olive trees draped by old rugosos. [...]

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In Memoriam: Celebrations of adventures completed and those yet to come.

April 21, 2010

It’s been 18 years. Guess on some levels it doesn’t matter how many days that is, or how many months have gone by, or even if I think about it every day. I don’t – think about it every day, that is.But today—and a few others, I cannot not think about him. It’s an appropriate piece for [...]

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Leaving Home

April 12, 2010

You ever notice how many people say “I am done with _______”? I wonder if they know the next step is “I’m finished?” It is only when THAT unshakeable realization hits that you can leave the cube, or office or virtual desk or even a relationship. It is a really a great beginning, that “I’m [...]

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Recycling Heart

February 9, 2010

It’s interesting on how my mind will take flight—a word or phrase, and ZOOM! Off and running at a million miles an hour—usually off the current topic but so amusing to myself.Case in point: Today a tweet about recycling Valentines’ cards set me off, and I mean really off. Why recycle a Valentine, and then [...]

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What’s wrong with this picture?

April 4, 2009

I mean really. What could I have possibly been doing that I have not updated this? And worse, not even finished the trip? Things are moving just too fast….2 Christmases, another Thanksgiving, babies being born and weddings celebrated, deaths to mark the real passage of time; and trips: Germany, then France to celebrate a 40th [...]

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Sgt Kai & The Excellent Adventure

December 12, 2007

Wednesday Dec 12 Remember that dotted road on the map—-I feel like the cartoon character where there is a big flashing sign saying DON’T GO IN THERE but I can’t see it…. I had gotten so many good recommendations for Sgt Kai that I couldn’t resist using him, and the bottom line here is that [...]

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