quick Hello from Rome!

Super busy here with family. Wonderful! Will tell you more later but I’m mostly collapsing into sleep when we get back to our hotel room (more on that later. I did a stellar job picking…

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Rome Beckons. . .

 Overwhelmed by the tourists and the heat and the grandeur and the noise, one day in Rome last July, I wandered off our planned route while Paul was consulting the map.  I found myself alone…

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End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

As I ready myself for Summer’s freer schedule being swapped out for Fall’s more rigorous pace, what I’m really lamenting — besides not having picked a single bowl of blackberries this year! — is how…

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A Special Bookstore in Rome. . . .Window-Shopping. . .

 Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback on Monday’s post wondering what I’m doing here. I didn’t quite mean to stage a “Clap hands if you believe in fairies” moment, but you’ve definitely revived…

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A Bit of Random Including Some Rome and an OOTD. . . .

Photos throughout this post are of the gorgeous, expansive Piazza Navone in Rome. The statuary in the fountains tells magical, mythical, wondrous tales. . .  Random Observation #1: While Grandmothers awaiting the imminent arrival of…

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