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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Morning Glory
I awoke this morning to a hauntingly beautiful dawn with yellow and salmon colored clouds hanging like lace over the blue-green ridge line of the mountains—nothing unusual as that is often the case in this valley. But today, there was … Continue reading →
Change a Plan
Yesterday morning Cheryl received a sketchy message about a developing family situation. A more detailed email arrived a few hours later, followed by an explicit phone call that afternoon. Today we must go to the airport to explore options and … Continue reading →
The UP Side Lowdown
Em here~ Today, Cheryl restarted her blog after several months of coasting along with a few broken parts. Now it is back up and running and I think we are all in for some interesting conversation. It is especially important … Continue reading →
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Tagged Blog, Cheryl, Italian Moments, Lowdown, Upside
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Harmony with Nature
It was a beautiful spring morning, so we decided to take a walk down the hill to check on the progress of the canale antico, antique channel. They started the work a couple of weeks ago, so the project is … Continue reading →
Posted in Special People, Special Places, Video Stories
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Tagged Antique Channel, Canale Antico, Lago, Lake, Stefano
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Good Lucky
Late the other night, we were sitting in the darkened living room talking and looking out at the dim glow of moonlight washing over everything, when suddenly we noticed a strange form standing only a couple of feet away from … Continue reading →
On a Roll
Yesterday afternoon was beautiful and sunny so we decided to work in the yard. The stone area around the fire pit was almost totally covered over by grass, so we began the difficult process of prying the overgrown grass up … Continue reading →
Lunch at Vinandro
Time for a break from the writing. We decided to go to Fièsole, which is the closest town to our place. It’s only a 10 minute drive and easy enough on the spur of the moment. When we need some … Continue reading →
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Tagged Allesandro, Fiesole, Restaurant, Ristorante, Slow Food, Vinandro
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Life is More Beautiful After the Rain
It has been raining continuously for 6 weeks—well not really, it just seems like it. Every day for this past week we have had steady rain and a few booming thunderstorms, which is unusual for mid-May. However, the local wisdom … Continue reading →
Writing, writing, and more writing
The first few days have been filled with writing and processing what we have written. It is both emotional and uplifting. The stories so far have covered “Our Brush with the Law,” “Em’s Second Language,” the “Concert We Refused to … Continue reading →
Yikes! We’re writing a book.
Today we begin the process of writing, blogging and filming! Here we go on this wild adventure of writing our book (working title: Under the Tuscan Thumb—10 years of trying to live in Italy as true Italians). As usual, one … Continue reading →
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Tagged Book, Italian, Moments, Thumb, True, Tuscan, Under, Writing
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