Still busy with travel, currently back sketching in Rome . . . and I miss you! So quickly sharing a few recent sketches. Love to have you stop by for a quick visit. Just click through . .
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I’m trying to balance blogging with my desire and commitment to sketch more . . . and I’ve set myself a few challenges recently.
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In which post, some thoughts and words about the benefits of being a beginner. Of learning new things. Even when some of the new things are old things (because it turns out that when you’re almost 70, many of the old things can seem new again 😉 As my recent excavation of my decades-old stash of sheet music has revealed. I’m hoping you’ll read and connect and we can have a conversation about the benefits of learning new things (while disproving a proverb or two about old dogs). Click through, please. . .
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A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation to my Saturday morning Italian class on my recent trip to Italy. Some readers kindly encouraged me to share the written version here — with an English translation, of course. And a few photos. Click through if you’d like to meet my Inner Italian, Francesca.
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It’s bread-making day here and while the dough rests between the stretch-and-folds, I’m catching up with other tasks: my compiti per casa (homework for my Thursday evening Italian class), for example, and working on my…
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