What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean …
The Cinque Terre Era
As we traversed the cobbled sidewalks of the Cinque Terre this week and navigated the bustling cafes, something was different. From Manarola to Vernazza to Monterosso, we listened to Americans …
It Was A Good Good Friday
As we stood in front of a trattoria Friday night waiting for friends to gather, I panicked. A friend from our children’s school offered to organize a cocktail party or a meeting for aperitivo. When we …
Do You Miss The Seasons?
As we move around the globe and meet people physically or virtually, it becomes clear that everyone is experiencing the world from their corner. Before this journey, unless I was traveling to a …
Sometimes Not Doing Your Homework Is The Best Approach
I do not like to procrastinate. I do not like to be late. I do not think I ever left a homework assignment for completion on its due date. As a student and a teacher, I took research and pre-work very …
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Creating vs Producing in Tuscany’s Chocolate Valley
One of the things I love about the creative process is that it is harder to benchmark, measure, and quantify and therefore, it requires a leap of faith. It is much more difficult to understand a …
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