I felt the most at home in Florence, it was peaceful, welcoming and beautiful. On our first day there we walked up to the Boboli gardens. Everything is so easily walkable in Florence and it was fun to explore the city and gardens. Navigating with a map is a skill I am fairly adept at. However, on the day we went to explore...
Roma was bright and sunny, blazing hot under the July sun, buzzing with activity, cobblestone and jaywalking, gelato, ruins, churches,sunburn, all the water you could drink. I don't know if I have ever been so hot or thirsty in my life. I would like to point out two fears I conquered temporarily while in Rome. Jaywalking and heights. I climbed the winding stairs...
It’s all I have to bring today—This, and my heart beside—This, and my heart, and all the fields—And all the meadows wide—Be sure you count—should I forgetSome one the sum could tell—This, and my heart, and all the BeesWhich in the Clover dwell. ~ Emily Dickenson August is almost over but I couldn't let it slip by without this memory. My love and...
May is the Month I Met the Man I would Marry When I lived in the mountains I knew the sights, sounds, and smells of each month. May was sunshine, blue skies, an abundance of wildflowers, and sounded like birds sining. In the city, in Southern California, the seasons are not as defined and the months tend to blur together. But the month...
A beginning, starting that part of life I have always been waiting for. Life has so many starts and stops, where you think you are going in one direction just to have it all change again. Or at least that is how I have always felt. There were ups, there were downs, and there were the dearest friends one could ever ask for....
