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Sorry. I Can’t.
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 go...
The Love of Food Smooths Everything Over: Flashback Friday
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 there waving to...
Reasons I Can’t Make a Blog Post Today
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 to...
A Scene From my Charmed Life: Flashback Friday
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 time in my life...
Dave the Nightwatchman
This morning some time around 7:30AM, I said goodbye to my beautiful cherubic toddler sons and spiffed-up suited husband as they sat having breakfast. As I headed to work at The American University of Rome, I walked my usual route, stopping by the outdoor market to...
Magic Sleep Spray: Sneaky Tips for the Sleep-Deprived Parent
Sleep-deprived parents don't have time to read blog posts, so this next sentence is just for them: Try spraying lavender oil extract on your little one's pajamas, pillow, bedding, teddy, etc. (Buy it at your local health or organic store or easily make your own with...
Can Someone Pick Up Our Mess Please?
Something for Flashback Friday from my old (private) blog when I first moved to Rome. This entry is dated, October 26, 2007. I just realized that I haven’t posted any photos in a while. Here’s one taken today on the balcony. The sky is overcast here in Rome, but at...
When Good Things Happen to Good People: Persistence in the Arts
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and...
The Artist’s Guide to Manipulating the Public
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." — George W. Bush. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 OK, so it's not just artists who can gain...
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Ask any parent of small children if they had a relaxing weekend and then look and see if they don't twitch just slightly. You're just seeing the car crash in their brains between the memories of weekends they USED to have versus the ones they are now forced to...