A quick post today, peeking into my travel journal at a day in Tuscany this past Spring. I did a bit of sketching there and then lately have been revisiting photos, sketching and reminiscing back home. . .
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Slowed down by a bout of laryngitis here, I’ve had time to sketch some daily domestic doings. . . and also to revisit my travel notes and sketches. Hope you won’t mind popping back to Tuscany with me. . .
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The title of this post comes from an anecdote I told my granddaughter in the back seat of the car, on a day trip from Rome to three different hilltop towns in Lazio. An anecdote that made her laugh until she cried — at my expense! — and also helped me reframe some negative thinking. Click through to find out more.
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The shoes I wore to dinner after our first (successful — 28 km) day walking the Via Francigena wouldn’t fit me again this trip, thanks to a fall and a very swollen ankle the next day. I eventually reframed the experience more positively, but first. . . I might have done some weeping and gnashing of teeth. Click through to read on. . .
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Home from Italy, enjoying my garden, sorting travel memories, and processing the experience of injuring my ankle on the second day of an intended week-long walk on the Via Francigena, Toscana. And wondering, “What’s Age got to do with It?” Click through to read more. . .
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