Guests at this Villa and Art Studio with Tuscan Views
We are so grateful for their magnanimous hospitality!
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Pivoting our Trip in Florence at the Mercato Centrale
We got back to Florence with friends that we were parting with, and to meet up with friends we were spending the rest of our stay with.
Grace Notes # 58 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Our Youngest Turns 28 (New Poem with Photos)
May you have a special day today and may your whole next trip around the sun be an unfoldment of all sorts of joy…
My Birthday 2025
While I don’t count years, I certainly do count blessings and every trip around the sun is filled with countless ones of them, and each one of you is included in that.
Our New Rug Came and is Installed
my home is warmed up with memories of our Morocco trip as we gallivant into the New Year.
Morocco: Marrakesh Gardens, Museums, Shopping, and Goodbyes
So grateful for this wonderful trip. It has been AMAZING!
Morocco: On Camels (and Glamping) in the Sahara Desert
The leggy camel shadows, together with the cadence of the ride, and the changing colors of the sand depending on how the light hit it, was the stuff memories are made of.
Welcome (New Christmas Poem by Polly Castor)
Welcome Whether you are spending your day surrounded by the hubbub of family, or in gaping isolation, or reverent solitude, nestled at home or ranging abroad, may you feel all the best of Life reborn in your heart today. Please know you are cherished and essential, celebrated and eternal by the divine Father/Mother. You have … Read more
Giving Tuesday: Biannual Request for Donations
Those of you new to this site may not know that it is crowd funded.
Grace Notes #56 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Visiting Family in Texas (Photos)
See in these photos a dear family, gathering around this beloved one, like moths to her flame.
Visiting Blog Readers in Cambridge and Flying Home
We were also glad to invest in this wonderful budding friendship, as well as some others in London, which like so many things, including the reason for the trip to begin with, was facilitated by our presence online.
English Lake District Day 2 (Hike to Castlerigg Standing Stones)
In these photos, you can follow along on our walk out of Keswick into the fields and beyond to the standing stones
London Photos (Travel, Architecture, Friends and Family)
We are spending three days in London before renting a car and heading to more remote hiking in northern England.