We have had countless conversations about organized religion and have been to numerous services at different churches since we met. After we had kids, we spent a lot time trying to find the right …
Built To Last: What do Cultural Values and Real Estate Have in Common?
In our slow travel across Italy, I have noticed some distinct differences in the real estate culture here and in the United States. After thinking about it for a while and discussing these …
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Is Delayed Gratification Serving You?
“The Sweet Life,” is so cliché, and overdone, I stated to a friend emphatically. It turns out, I just didn’t understand the meaning of “sweet life” until we moved to Italy. It is a way of savoring …
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Rediscovering Your Christmas Spirit
When we started having children, a dear friend began giving us beautiful Christmas Village houses every year to collect and someday pass on to the children. Every year, as we would unpack the village, …
Bells of Cortona
Words are inadequate to describe noon in Cortona, Italy. This 2-minute video will ring true! Buona Domenica! …
When Mother Nature Speaks to You About Abundance, Do You Listen?
Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.~ William Wordsworth, Intimations of Immortality Since Etruscan times, people have journeyed to natural hot …
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