Help! I’ve Got the LOOK

  This is a post for Flashback Friday from November 23, 2007.  While I feel somewhat bad that my last two posts have essentially been re-posts, it actually means I’m doing lots of animation now instead of writing which is very good for my upcoming film,...

Too Much is Enough

Today one of the most shared items on BBC News is an article titled, Are Children Given Too Many Toys?  Without any hesitation I would have to say… YES! That’s my answer anyway.  This is a re-post of an article I wrote for Aura’s House (my grassroots...

Little Utopia

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,...

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...

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...