projects and the art of participating

I’ve just started Frances Mayes’ Under the Tuscan Sun, a summer gift from my mom who has fallen in love all over again after reading it for the second time. I’ve never been to this area of Italy. The only Italy I’ve seen is Sicily. Steve and I took a military rotator...

Alone, at last

Steve and I were able to get away – ALONE – for about 24 hours this past weekend. A true luxury. We didn’t have any plans or reservations, so we just drove up the coast a little ways and stopped in one of my very favorite beach communities. Carlsbad isn’t impossibly...