Two days ago I spent hours doing some “down home” tasks and, while I know it sounds contradictory, it both allowed me to take my mind of things and gave me time to think at the same time. O brought home a basket of garden goods just in time, I guess. There’s something soothing about [...]
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Lamentations
Excuse me if I take some space for something very personal. I hesitate to post it, but feel that doing so may be therapeutic for me. You see, I don’t tend to share these things with anyone (and I do mean anyone) and sometimes can only express myself through writing. I have other things I’ve [...]
Roast Beef
Am I the only one who finds the “leather look” unappealing? I’m not saying that my pasty white legs are all that attractive either, but a shade somewhere in between would be nice. There are women (and even some men) here who spend every possible moment sunbathing at the beach – so much so that [...]
Where’s Little Miss Muffet?
I don’t like bugs and I really, really don’t like spiders. But, I have to admit, that they can be pretty sometimes. I went to cut some chives the other day and found this tiny one on one of the chive blossoms.
Decoction Concoction – Good for what ails you.
My latest bought with the cold, the flu, bronchitis, or whatever it was had me really worn out and tired. Coughing was an all-day, all-night affair and there were no medicines available to help out. I was “treating” myself by drinking hot honey and lemon and was stopping the cough with cough drops and hard [...]
The party
Despite the fact that I started getting a sore throat while still preparing for Luigi’s party, it turned out to be pretty successful. Some things didn’t go as planned, but I should have known they wouldn’t considering… Yes, the plan had been to do a simple finger food buffet party and it evolved into a [...]
Gearing up for the party
Luigi turns 2 years old on Saturday, so of course we have to celebrate. Last year we invited some friends to the local restaurant, but this year we decided to have the party at home. My original plan was to have some hors d’oeuvres and finger foods, but somehow it evolved into an antipasto buffet, [...]
Everybody out of the pool
Yesterday was our last day in the pool. I will miss it, but Luigi will miss it even more. Our two days of swimming were something he looked forward to every week. We haven’t given up swimming forever, but we do have to wait until the pool opens back up again. I guess since the [...]
In need of diapers
Two nights ago a preschool in Vasto was broken into and diapers and groceries were stolen. What level of desperation does someone have to reach in order to commit such an act? Maybe I’m way off base here, but I imagine it being a couple with children where one or both of the partners has [...]
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Before I came to Italy I was a busy person. There was never enough time and I often wished the week had an extra day in it. You know it’s pretty bad when you resent the time you need to spend sleeping. I had a friend who somehow managed to function on only 3 or [...]
