Dreams of Africa…Now a reality…22 hours later…
This is the view I'm facing as I'm sitting on the veranda writing now. More house photos will follow tomorrow after we...
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Arrived in Venice…Flying away tomorrow morning…
Last night, our last night in Boveglio, there was a wedding in the centuries-old church across the road. The smoke is a...
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Less than 2 days and counting…A little fear…A lot of excitement…
Everything I own, except six pairs of shoes in a smaller bag, to be sucked into the Space bags. A pile of clothes...
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Pizza and nuts…Lots of nuts…
With enough ingredients remaining in our food supply before we leave Italy on Sunday, it was time once again to make pizza,...
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Getting our ducks in a row…
Each day its cooler than the prior day. More of these puffy clouds surrounded us yesterday morning. With the cool weather,...
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A stormy, stormy night…Date night that is…
The puffs of clouds surrounding us this morning were a delight to behold. When a couple is together 24 hours a...
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Internet was down for a day…
We sure have plenty of tomatoes (pomodori) to last through our remaining eight days of cooking before we leave to travel to Africa. Yesterday,...
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Writing our blog…What it takes…What it does for us…What our readers mean to us…The interesting and the mundane…
Lizard in the house. Writing this blog began on March 15, 2012, almost 18 months ago. You can read the first post...
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Oh, oh, packages didn’t arrive!…Are we running out of time?…
The four of six boxes we received from the pharmaceutical company. We're awaiting the two missing boxes, hopefully to arrive or be...
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Housekeeping for upcoming travel…
Definitely, not as much "stuff" on the bed when we originally packed almost a year ago. Two weeks from today, we'll...
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