“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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Still Horsing Around in Siena . . .

The horse tethering rings I saw in Siena last November fascinated me, and I snapped photo after photo. I’m sharing them here to take you on a tour of that Tuscan city — also sharing a few pages from my travel sketch journal.

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Horses and Horsey (Equine / Equestrian)Art in Siena

I’ve never seen Siena’s dramatic annual horse race, Il Palio, but I’d read about it before we visited last fall. And I very quickly saw traces of the city’s horse culture throughout the winding narrow streets of its historic centre. Walk through it with me? click to read the full post.

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Carry-On Wardrobe meets Neapolitan November Sunshine . . .

So often in Italy, I found my ochre accessories matching my environment. Our room in Naples, for example. But I also wore navy and red and white and even cobalt there, for daytime temperatures that ranged from 13 or 14 Celsius up to 25 or 26. My Carry-On-Only Wardrobe kept coming through for me. Click through to see What I Wore.

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Mending My Way Back Home . . .

In a fishing town in Lazio, Italy, I was delighted to see signs of another Mender of Textiles . . . in a surprising medium: fishing nets! Click through for my photos of this Practical Random Beauty . . . and my musings on the way this encounter with mending far away from home brings Travel and Domestic Life together.

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