I’m here in our little town of Pieve di Teco for my longest stretch yet. Felix and I arrived a few days ago and we will be here until mid August. The rest of the family and a couple of friends are coming for bits of time here and there, but for now it’s just…
Many of you have asked to see pictures of our renovation project in Italy. I’ve been a bit protective of the whole thing because it’s not just an apartment, it’s the spark in my heart right now, and in so many ways this process has felt too good to be true. I’m a knocking-on-wood, finger crossing,…
The washing machine. The dryer. The inside of the dryer. Five pairs of shoes. A rug. The back door. Two piles of freshly sorted laundry, both lights and darks. A pair of boiled wool slippers. The slippers got it BAD. So bad. A newly opened box of 200 garbage bags. 10 feet of baseboard trim….
This morning my good friend S. posted on Facebook about a new version of the “beloved” Shel Silverstein book ‘The Giving Tree’. The original is a lesson in codependence and is actually “behated” by myself and many other people. I have to think it’s only popular because it tricks people into crying at the end…
Anyone who knows me well is familiar with my devotion to the ‘Little House’ books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’ve written about it before, back when I had my other blog, but true fans of Little House know that you can never exhaust the subject. They were, by far, the most influential books of my…
It’s been a rough week. I mean, it’s been a rough seven months and I wish I had something profound to say about it all but I’m just putting one foot in front of the other and not feeling particularly insightful. But this week, man. I think we can all agree that it’s been a…
Anyone in a long term marriage, or what ever form of commitment you practice, knows that relationships ride the waves. There are crests and valleys, some looming and treacherous, some a slow steady roll. My marriage that I treasure has had a particularly undulation filled few months. The sea we are navigating together has felt…
So, it happened again last week. Someone asking me if I’m pregnant when I’m not. How very easy it is to deflate an ego. I’ve been through it before, this mortification, but this time was extra special. I was working with someone I had hired to do a marketing related project for our business, a…
I’ve had a big week. I’m either crazy, stupid or brave, and quite possibly all three. Here’s a thing about me: I like Italy. I know, who doesn’t, right? But I like Italy a lot. I like Italy so much that last Wednesday with just a few days preparation, I got on a plane, alone,…
You know who’s the best? You guys. After my last post I had so many people reach out to me, by email, text, comment, phone, Facebook message, husband, currier pigeon, pony express, smoke signal, morse code, and, dangnabbit, even in person. And just about everyone was saying, “Yes, I hear you, I’m in this place too.”…
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