In attesa – waiting

While we watched an Italian game show, we packed. So it was extra easy the next morning to…

Questi stivali – these boots.

It was many years ago during a dermatological excision that we, in our family, learned that Nancy Sinatra…

Mercoledì

The city is hot.  We are on the numero 15 tram…stiamo andando in centro – we are going to…

Sajid.

It was the most indulgent of rides. We scheduled a three-stop-transport…from upper Brooklyn down to his neighborhood…and then…

I just jumped.

This year I learned to jump. It was my plan to do a language immersion — for as…

OsloOhhh.

Will you need help down the stairs, ma’am?, the flight attendant asks. No, I am ok going down,…

Seven months…interrupted.

I have given away our extra pantry items, our blender. We are down to the our tiniest bone…

In ruins.

We are on an island. A big one. A place where streets are broken and the trunks of…

Un giorno normale — a normal day.

It was just a normal day. Up early, hulling strawberries for smoothies. We strip the bed to run…

Six Months Now.

Six months, now. We have our favorite curry cashews. We now have fresh basil growing on our windowsill.…

The magical olive tree

We had just returned from a week away the night before and had all manner of clean laundry…

Doing what Romans do.

We were in this country for so very long before we made it down to Roma.   So…