Travel Highs and Lows and Keeping it Real

Sorry for the radio silence here, but perhaps you’ve been following my travels over on Instagram, a platform that is easier to use for quick updates while on the go and with limited data, Wifi…

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“Ciao” from Italy. . .

Postcards to you from our week in Rome — click through to see what we’ve been up to!

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Some Books I Read in March . . .

March mixed it up with a little bit of lion and a little bit of lamb scattered throughout the month. But I can tell you that as far as my reading went, March came in…

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What to Wear When the Packing’s Done? A Few OOTDs

What I’m wearing lately, in this transitional weather between winter and spring, is in direct relation to our upcoming trip to Italy. Some favourite clothes are now off limits, packed for travel. And whatever I choose to wear right now has to work with a new and boldly coloured pair of trail runners that must be broken in before we head off to walk part of the Via Francigena….

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Via Francigena Prep, With Skunk Cabbage

I took grandkids and memories of my mother on my annual hunt for a favourite indigenous Spring-appearing bloom. Click through to see this year’s version of a recurring theme on the blog. Happy New Season!

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