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Transformed in Tuscany

January 14, 2009 was a crazy damn week.I had just been publicly terminated from my very high profile and politically charged general counsel position, and my very recently ex husband and father to my then 8 year old son, died suddenly of a heart attack.The stock market had been in free fall, shrinking my state

My New Italian Life – SUMMER 2018

Ok so here I am. Finally!!! It was about 20 years ago when I first breathed this air, and woke to these hills. A bit of mist softly ribboning the terraced groves of olives, slowly disappearing with the sun’s early morning glow. Church bells at 7:30 am? Sunrise so orange-pink glow ball, wait do I

How I Moved to Italy During a Global Pandemic

Twenty years ago, I discovered the Tuscan hill town I now call home. I first posed for a photo in the town’s iconic logia in September 1999. I returned again and again during the following twenty years, each time capturing a photo, which over the years would include my son. My photo journey under its

Air Wind and Heat

So, it’s August, the hottest time of the year to be in Italy. I am one of those people who can’t stand the heat. Despite growing up in South Florida, spending years baking on the beach, the idea of heat and humidity simply exhausts me!In Florida, I strategically move from an air-conditioned office to an

Secrets of an Italian Lunch

Today it was my kitchen, my clatter, my sounds of sizzling sausage that could be heard down below. On the street, people walking could hear and smell the pranzo prepared in my house!It was a simple meal, requested by my son who came down from his room at around 12.30. “Mamma? What’s for lunch? “Oh,

Italian Yoga

Did I just hang out the window looking down the street checking on noises, who is walking by, cars that drive by? I am not only hanging out, shutters wide open, head craned out looking up and down my Via, YES, MY via, Via San Michele! My street, my noises, my right…obligation…to crane out the

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