…and now, fair Italy! Thou art the Garden of the World, the Home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? […]
I’m a sucker for a decorative bicycle! Put a colourful bike in front of a shop or a restaurant, and dress it up with baskets or flowers, and I will […]
She was free in her wilderness She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. – Roman Payne (“The Wanderess”) To celebrate a milestone birthday a few years back, I […]
It is said that when you travel you become braver. Is that true of you? In my case, I’ve found that the more I travel, the more confident and brave […]
Lovers of Italian red wine will know the town of La Morra in the Piemonte region, famous for its Barolo and Barbera varietals. But if you don’t fancy wine, is […]
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 […]
Doesn’t a February break in the towns of the Cinque Terre, Italy sound good? Last February, I held my break in Riomaggiore. This February, I selected Corniglia as my town […]
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 […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 