Fourth century girls just wanna have fun

October 23, 2014
Women working out--sometimes I think we believe the concept was invented in modern times. It's true that my mother wouldn't have even considered it. Nor my...
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In search of my Sicilian roots

October 22, 2014
It's easy to forget that I live in a new country, one with only a few hundred years of history. But where I'm from? Where my mother's family came from? Gratteri,...
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Graffiti in Sicily

October 21, 2014
Where there is a blank wall, there is a need to fill it. Obviously, this need to make a mark holds true worldwide, and it seems to be any kind of mark, no matter how...
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Sicilian storm brewing

October 20, 2014
October in Sicily was hot and humid, shockingly so. Our accommodations were out in the country, beautiful old estates with olive trees and grapevines that had been...
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Great knockers of Sicily

October 19, 2014
Just so there's no misunderstanding as to what I mean. Isn't it amazing? I wonder how old it is. These are works of art, to me, anyway. I wish they came with...
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Every day life in Sicily

October 18, 2014
If a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, does it make noise? That's what comes to mind when I visit a different country and look at every-day life going on...
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Sicily: fever dreams

October 17, 2014
Things I learned while being sick on vacation A tickle in the throat on Day 1 of your Sicilian trip-of-a-lifetime is never a good sign. But when it turned into a...
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It’s a WTF kind of world

October 16, 2014
WTF
It's a WTF kind of world.  You know what I mean. WTF seems to be the only response to some of the things that happen in our world. A journalist gets...
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Matter of fact, it’s all dark

October 15, 2014
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. ~ Pink Floyd Name me a Boomer in my cohort who doesn't love Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the...
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Evaluating our friendships

October 14, 2014
friendship
When I read this quote last month it stopped me in my tracks. Evaluating our friendships--and our friends-- is something we don't often do. But why not? If we are the...
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