Do you most often travel to new places or to your favourites? On a recent podcast of The Bittersweet Life, the hosts discussed a traveller’s inclination to revisit the same […]
Doing the laundry is not one of my favourite chores. Seeing laundry flapping in the wind on an outdoor clothesline, however… is one of my favourite images. Taking in frozen […]
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein I have a long-standing fascination with the relationship between beauty and practicality, and more specifically […]
It’s Carnevale time in Venice! Are you there? Sadly, I’m not, but it’s one of those experiences on my ever-growing list. I decided that if I can’t be there in […]
When you hear the words “Lake Como”, what comes to mind? According to a recent New York Times story about Lake Como, you’d be in the majority if you said “George […]
Having had to cancel a short painting trip to Mexico a few weeks ago (thanks, stomach flu!), I decided to roll all that travel energy into planning a bigger trip […]
Here I sit this January 1st morning on my computer preparing for a new year – filing, updating, deleting, setting up and backing up. And underlying all this tidying and […]
A photo collection of Italy would not be complete without vintage Fiats! When in Italy, if one drives by or is parked on the street, I can’t help but take […]
I believe I am suffering from “Tuscanitis”! What is that? A critical deficiency of Tuscany in your overall system. How is it diagnosed? There are many telltale signs. Here’s one: […]
A priest, a barrel-maker, and a lawyer! I can’t come up with a decent “knock-knock” joke to follow, sorry folks! Who are they? These three constructed the buildings where I […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 