Palermo, Capital of Sicily
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
July 16, 2020
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Covid-19 Testing and Quarantine
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
July 12, 2020
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The Bumpy Road Home, Part 2
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
July 3, 2020
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The Bumpy Road Home
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
July 1, 2020
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Finding Home: Imprints and Italy
Why does one place feel like home and another place, while beautiful or lovely in many ways, does not? To put it simply (very simply),
June 27, 2020
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Sicilian Roads
I’ve come to love the Sicilian roads. Everywhere on the island they are the same. Far more than a network of pavement connecting places. More
June 22, 2020
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Channel 2 News Tulsa
Very grateful to Katie Keleher at KJRH Channel 2 News in Tulsa for doing this story. I really appreciate that she reached out to the
June 18, 2020
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Hard Days
6 June 2020. Maybe it’s the full moon. Maybe it’s the wind. The wind is relentless today, followed by yesterday’s rain. Maybe I’ve been too
June 15, 2020
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A Home-cooked Meal
Home is food. More than that, it is the experiences and memories of how we eat food. Home for me is the sharing of food, cooked at home by many hands and enjoyed with abundance.
June 12, 2020
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Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily
Valley of the Temples in southern Sicily dates back to the 6th Century BCE and was home to almost half a million citizens. One of the most impressive archeological sites in the world, it has an amazing collection of temples from the Ancient Greek world.
June 10, 2020
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