Culinary Croatia Calls — Part II in a Continuing Series

So much I’d love to chat with you about — especially since we’re moving into the last stage of emptying the house, and also since we’ve actually begun to look for a new home. Life…

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Culinary Croatia Calls, via Guest Blogger Dottoressa — And What a Delicious Call It is!

Most of my readers will already know Dottoressa from her regular generous and thoughtful comments, and you will also have had the chance to read her recent Guest Post here where she tells us about…

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Where’s that Light? of Long Lists and Dark Tunnels and Encouraging Rewards and Pacing

Throwback Thursdays are a thing, I’m sure you know, and today I’m taking advantage of the meme for a quick post that not only takes me back to my January-February trip to Rome (the city…

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Out with the Old, In with the New (Someday Soon, Please?)

Notice something missing? My favourite reading chair and matching ottoman were hauled off to the back of a neighbour’s truck yesterday — this move is happening!  Duchesse asked, in the comments section of the last…

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Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

One of the wonderful and fascinating results of travel, for me, is the way memory grabs certain moments and returns you to them randomly. So that often, you might be in the middle, say, of…

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