Mama’s Sketchbook

by | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog

Some time maybe about a month ago my (then) three year-old son Lukas decided that he no longer could sleep in his bed at night unless he had one crucial item in his grasp. A teddy bear?  A nightlight? Nope. It’s got to be “Mama’s Sketchbook.”...

Little Utopia

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog

Every now and then I am walking down the street, caught up in my own head thinking about groceries or diapers or a student complaint about receiving a B+ and then suddenly I am hit over the head with a jarring thought. “Holy Sh*t! I live in Rome, Italy. Rome,...

Sorry. I Can’t.

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Blog

So there we were, having lunch outside Cafe Vert today in the beautiful neighborhood of Monteverde Vecchio on Via Barilli in Rome, Italy. We are two of the most charitable, socially conscious, some would even say enlightened people in the whole city. Heck, let’s...

The Love of Food Smooths Everything Over: Flashback Friday

by | Oct 11, 2013 | Blog

This post from January 28, 2007 from my old private blog, “Starting Fresh. From Joisey to Rome” still leaves me with a lump in my throat six years later. — Today after bringing Michael to his bus at Termini for Ciampino Airport, I was left standing...

Reasons I Can’t Make a Blog Post Today

by | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog

  4th Birthday Party to plan. In-laws coming to visit. Three classes to teach. Younger son has a fever. It’s Registration time and 19 advisees with 30 minute appointments each at the University to fit into my schedule. Why do we only have three forks? Have...

A Scene From my Charmed Life: Flashback Friday

by | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog

Damn! It’s not often that I am jealous of myself, but after looking for something to post today (Flashback Friday) from my old private blog “Starting Fresh: From Joisey to Rome,” it was hard not to drool over the photographs below. Was there really a...