San Quirico through the Side-View Window: When the Best-Laid Travel Plans Fail, Part 1

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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Travel Highs and Lows and Keeping it Real

Sorry for the radio silence here, but perhaps you’ve been following my travels over on Instagram, a platform that is easier to use for quick updates while on the go and with limited data, Wifi…

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Via Francigena Prep, With Skunk Cabbage

I took grandkids and memories of my mother on my annual hunt for a favourite indigenous Spring-appearing bloom. Click through to see this year’s version of a recurring theme on the blog. Happy New Season!

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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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A Busy Week, A Happy Surprise, A Couple of Outfits

My current theory for feeling too busy is that I’m still adjusting to a less restricted social life as we enter a fourth year of living with “that virus.” A privileged kind of busy, I know, the post-retirement variety. But I wrote about it anyway. Perhaps you can relate; perhaps you’ll roll your eyes. Read on to find out . . .

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