The sweet life

September 26, 2009
Farm-fresh plums sauteed in a little butter, a hint of cinnamon, a scrape of nutmeg and a whisper of brown sugar. Served on a breakfast table spread with a Provencal...

Sit Saturday-from Italy

September 26, 2009
The tales of our wagging tails are suspended because our babies are in the States and we are in Italy. Which would be unbearable if Italy wasn't...Italy.Instead, we'll...

An afternoon in Italy

September 26, 2009
I worked in the pottery studio yesterday afternoon, the sun warm against the earth outside, the clay cool and damp between my fingers. Loop, wire and wooden modeling...

Mobbed up

September 25, 2009
What better place than Italy for my Sicilian-American husband and his Sicilian-American-princess wife to discuss their mob heritage?The dapper Sugar Bush Squirrel just...

In the blink of an eye

September 25, 2009
Apparently this was published on August 31, 2009 in the Syracuse Post-Standard. I accidentally discovered that they took my submission without even letting me...

Avoiding writing exercises

September 25, 2009
....is best done by drinking copious amounts of Piemontese wine. In...

The colors of the Piemonte

September 25, 2009
Red-red geraniums and roses.A truckload of deep purple grapes, sweet and juicy.Bitter-green cicoria and dandelion, growing wild.A corn-fed scrambled egg, full-bodied,...

The music of the harvest

September 25, 2009
The dull drone of a tractor in the vineyard above us, punctuated by the chatter of birds.A fat bee staggering in spirals.Dogs barking in the distance.Farmers laughing...

Praise to Him on high

September 25, 2009
Bells peal the time and ring praise over the valley, a blending of practical and provincial in the beautiful...

Two ladders

September 25, 2009
I like these two ladder-like pieces, side by side on the yellow-stained wall of the...

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