One asset of C19 is a new appreciation for family. Pre-Covid 19, little news affirmed family life. So mundane, passe and irrelevant in a...

Not a lamb, although it is lambing season. And I do miss watching the bees emerge from their hives out to enjoy these warm March days,...

It is a family tradition in my southeast Virginia hometown to place flowers and mementos on the graves of loved ones on each holiday. ...

Mr. Lenwood Sloan, formerly of New Orleans but now entrenched in Pennsylvania cultures and communities, identifies himself as an African...

Over weeks of walking and traveling by train around the region,  there has been no lack of fairy tale vistas,  world heritage palazzos...

Dogs go everywhere in Italy…on local trains and busses, stores, vacation hotels of course. Should have anticipated this when crying...

While waiting for the WC at Ufizzi Gallery in Florence, the Medici family home now considered to be the Louvre of Italy, an insight about...

At the academy in Florence  with David and 5 of Michelangelo’ s unfinished pieces.  He must have seen the writing on the wall. So much...

Finished reading Sarah Dunant’s Birth of Venus in time to appreciate her views of 15th century Florence through the eyes of a young woman...

What happened to the ability to be up and out by 0730? Finally a vacation that leaves my old schedule behind. One item on Sunday’s...

Any souvenir trinkets must be small. A small carry-on is packed neatly with a tight rotation to accommodate a lengthy stay. None of those...

With recovery from time change and a home spill near complete, it’s time for a tourist agenda! A ride across the he bay on a “navebus”...

Emerging from the warrens of medieval streets that provide a unique shopping experience in Genoa, I find a sense of home. Industrious...

Youth…more energy! Maturity…I need to rest in this morning to recover from a day of travel. I waunder the streets a bit.  Main train...

my body’s morning constitutional tells me it is 0730.  I am always late for the 0800 aqua size class at the Y. groggy from catnapping on...