
Summertime
I LOVE Summer. It’s my favorite season. I’ve always preferred to be miserably hot than even slightly cold. Cold makes me irritable. Heat just makes
EXPLORING OUR CONNECTION TO PEOPLE AND PLACE
I LOVE Summer. It’s my favorite season. I’ve always preferred to be miserably hot than even slightly cold. Cold makes me irritable. Heat just makes
The Cathedral in Nicosia, Sicily, built in the 14th Century, is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Bari, which is said to be how the town
There’s a lot being written about staying home these days. Discomfort. Anxiety. Isolation. Depression. The truth is, many of us struggled with “home” even before
Less than 7 full days after I returned home from 4 months in Italy and 3 days of traveling through 5 airports and 4 cities,
I only spent one evening in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, despite spending eleven weeks in Covid19 isolation, only thirty minutes away. Palermo has a
Maybe I have Covid19. I spent four months in Italy when infection rates were the highest in the world. Most of that time I was
Homes have personalities. They are extensions of ourselves. A home needs life to sustain it. When I returned from four months in Italy, my home was happy to see me.
Ok, Rome airport (FCO) was the worst. There were moments when I honestly considered chucking my plans and somehow getting back to Sicily. Anything to
There are days I surprise myself. Good days. And then other days, equally surprised, nowhere good. Today is the latter. Today I can’t help thinking
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