House Guests in Rome — First Wave, A Few Highlights

Daughter and granddaughter have come to visit us in our (temporary) home in Rome. A few highlights, including photos from a daytrip to Orvieto.

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Plans Gone Awry — Again!

Not my travel plans, this time, but someone whose disrupted plans affected my stay-at-home-alone plans. Curious to know whether/how I made room for a smidgin of my own “stuff” in a Full House? Read on. . . click through . . .

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Birthdays, Mothers, Lilacs, Remembered

Lilacs carry a childhood memory for me, as they did for my mother. And each May, as they bloom around Mother’s Day and my birthday, the memories stir again, evoked by fragrance, by tiny blossoms clustered against the sky.

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Midweek Miscellany. . . Or Spring Break Shenanigans. . . (Featuring My New Spring Coat!)

Energy has changed around here with the onset of spring — I’ve been out and about (some grandkid adventures, some of our own) and enjoying the power of pink — in the garden and even in my wardrobe.

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Nana, Grandson, Great-Grandmother. . . Make a Book Together

Being a grandmother, sometimes I’m lucky to become a child again — as when my grandson and I work together on a project that recalls something my Mother made for my siblings and I 60-some years ago. Technologies and years telescope into a happy afternoon of creativity and reading. . . Click through to read more. . .

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