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2011.09.26: I'm moving, changing, and so is my blog!
2011.09.21: Moving to Rome: I may need some help.
2011.09.16: If my mother asks, I'm just in Rome on an extended visit!
2011.09.11: A moving-to-Rome to-do list
2011.09.05: Moving to Rome: This will take some discipline
2011.08.31: I've crossed the Rubicon: I'm moving to Rome
2011.08.19: Rejection and Collections
2011.07.21: My New 'Hood in Rome
2011.07.03: A new favourite church in Rome
2011.07.02: One way to cope with a long layover
2011.06.22: A discovery in Rome
2011.06.17: Rooms with views
2011.06.05: Crazy for Caravaggio
2011.06.03: Howling at the Moon over the Vatican
2011.05.30: My gelato is waiting.....
2011.05.10: Waving the white flag of surrender
2011.04.30: Counting down until Italy
2011.04.21: Città della Pieve, Perugino, and me
2011.04.12: A Night at the Vatican Museums
2011.03.28: Michelangelo and the Importance of Rewrite
2011.03.14: The Resurrection
2011.03.02: Saving Bologna’s medieval towers
2011.02.21: The Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore
2011.02.13: In which I triumph over Telecom Italia!
2011.02.04: Well, at least I’m in good company……
2011.01.26: Rejection
2011.01.15: Three weeks in Italy
2011.01.05: The Next Time I’m in Italy…..
2010.12.28: There are a few things I've been meaning to say.....
2010.09.06: Pranzo di ferragosto
2010.08.15: Scorsese's Voyage to Italy
2010.07.27: Just call me Arachne (2)
2010.07.15: The Piano Grande di Castelluccio
2010.07.12: Sunrises in Umbria
2010.07.06: Some shrines, some frescos, some Annunciations, many memories.....
2010.06.28: The colours of Giotto
2010.06.24: Urbino
2010.06.22: Goodbye Anghiari......Hello Assisi
2010.06.19: I've been a very bad blogger....
2010.06.16: My House in Tuscany
2010.06.12: Weaving, eating, and a little surgery
2010.06.10: Finally, Perugia!
2010.06.05: My bags are over-packed, I'm ready to go.....
2010.05.31: “Helpful” packing/firefighting/fashion tips
2010.05.27: Rise and shine in Italia
2010.05.23: A little lasagna can go a long way.....
2010.05.17: Countdown to Italy??
2010.05.09: How shall I spend my day in Urbino?
2010.04.27: Perugia’s Deposition
2010.04.19: Does my new passport make me look European?
2010.04.09: Just call me Arachne....
2010.04.06: How to kill time during an airport layover?
2010.03.31: The Sala dei Notari
2010.03.30: Ancient Roman structures at risk
2010.03.29: Half-baked Lasagne
2010.03.28: Are these really must-have shoes?
2010.03.26: Don't forget Foligno
2010.03.25: Medieval festival in Bevagna
2010.03.24: Super-sizing the Last Supper
2010.03.23: Montefalco
2010.03.22: In-flight Entertainment
2010.03.21: Slaying a dragon.....
2010.03.19: Pondering Piero
2010.03.18: Urbino
2010.03.17: First time in Rome?
2010.03.16: Yet another severed head.....
2010.03.15: Is Caravaggio more popular than Michelangelo?
2010.03.14: Florence
2010.03.12: Norcia
2010.03.11: I have my plane ticket, my trip is on!
2010.03.10: I wish that I had a unicorn....
2010.03.09: Snowfall in Siena
2010.03.08: An Italian Mystery......
2010.03.07: A quiet Sunday in Assisi
2010.03.06: Longing.....
2010.03.05: Rome, if you want to!
2010.03.04: From gelato to gearshifts.....
2010.03.03: At home in Anghiari
2010.03.02: Arezzo, Piero, and the True Cross
2010.03.01: March comes in like a lion?
2010.02.26: Fears raised for Parma cheese, prosciutto from oil slick
2010.02.24: Jane Fonda is not my mother.....
2010.02.15: Spot Caravaggio, hiding in plain sight
2010.02.11: Behaving Badly in Perugia’s National Gallery
2010.02.08: zuppa di lenticchie e farro
2010.01.29: Welcome Elizabeth; congratulations Kathy!
2010.01.24: A Perfect, Petite Place in Perugia
2010.01.16: What is a good life?
2010.01.11: A re-birth for Bologna’s canals
2009.12.31: A fool and his money are soon parted....
2009.12.28: Botticelli and me in Frankfurt
2009.12.17: Smile when you call me a rat.
2009.12.04: A Very Good Life in France
2009.11.27: Gratitude Friday: Beautiful Umbrian textiles
2009.11.23: First, we had Slow Travel; now, Slow.....Life?
2009.11.20: Gratitude Friday: I’m just grateful the bill wasn’t any larger......
2009.11.10: I’m away to Anghiari
2009.11.04: Have these cute little guys really made me sick?
2009.10.29: The Cellist of Sarajevo
2009.10.20: An eventful Thanksgiving
2009.10.08: An Early Happy Thanksgiving!
2009.10.01: Gratitude Friday -- Goodbye, Mrs. Cat
2009.09.25: Gratitude Friday: Umbrian Elegance
2009.09.18: Gratitude Friday -- Will Write 4 Food
2009.09.16: Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca
2009.09.11: Gratitude Friday: Silly Art that Makes Me Smile
2009.09.09: Art Detectives Fit Pieces of Petrobelli Puzzle Back Together
2009.09.04: Gratitude Friday....Yoga
2009.08.28: Gratitude Friday: My Mom, My Brother
2009.08.25: A tempest in Todi
2009.08.21: Gratitude Friday
2009.08.14: Gratitude Friday -- I needed a good laugh
2009.08.13: Italian cheese that really is as good as gold!
2009.08.10: Following up on Ferrara
2009.08.04: There's just something about a castle with a moat....
2009.07.31: Gratitude Fridays: In praise of universal, single-payer health care
2009.07.28: A glimpse into the 1,500-year-old Byzantine soul of Ravenna
2009.07.24: Ceramics and textiles for me.....oh my!
2009.07.22: Parlez-vous Parma?
2009.07.19: Gratitude
2009.07.13: Traveling back in time to the Middle Ages......
2009.07.09: One Day in Venice
2009.07.06: Getting high in Bologna
2009.06.28: A Bit of Street of Art from the Emilia-Romagna
2009.06.26: Returning from Italy is always painful, but this is too much!
2009.06.23: Do I really have to leave......
2009.06.17: Dazed and Dazzled.....
2009.06.14: Did I ever need sanctuary, and a miracle.......
2009.06.12: I can see why everyone raves about Ravenna
2009.06.10: Michelangelo and other heady finds in Bologna
2009.06.09: Bit by bit, I'm buying into Bologna......
2009.06.07: Everyone in Parma seems to have trouble with their skirts
2009.06.03: Andiamo!
2009.05.28: The Great Wall of Panic
2009.05.25: Annie Get Your...Opera?
2009.05.20: Finally, my date with Giotto!
2009.05.18: Okay, now I KNOW that I need a miracle....
2009.05.13: I believe I need a miracle.....
2009.05.06: Shopping in Italy
2009.05.04: You know I hate to gossip, but.......
2009.04.29: Ravioli Regrets? I have a few.....
2009.04.27: Poor old Neptune
2009.04.19: Women in Afghanistan
2009.04.14: At least I know what I'll be doing in Rome!
2009.04.12: Bologna......and Venice???
2009.04.08: Tragedy -- Part 2: Quake news
2009.04.06: Tragedy
2009.04.03: I know a young woman who bought a new bed.......Part 2
2009.03.31: Hotels in Bologna: let the second guessing begin!
2009.03.24: Ah, there's nothing like the soothing sounds of a cascading waterfall.......
2009.03.19: I know a young woman who bought a new bed.......
2009.03.17: Women grab the wheel in Rome's busiest traffic square.
2009.03.12: The Dalai Lama
2009.03.07: "Save up all your bread and fly TransLove Airways to San Francisco USA."
2009.03.05: I think I'll call him Green Ed
2009.03.02: Of mothers and cats
2009.03.01: I've been away.....
2009.02.20: Yes we can (although perhaps we shouldn't).....
2009.02.19: Pondering Parma
2009.02.18: I can see that I'm going to be busy in Bologna!
2009.02.17: There's still so much to do...
2009.02.16: In bocca al lupo.....
2009.02.15: Perhaps it's time to rent Mama Mia!
2009.02.14: I just can't resist pop quizzes....
2009.02.13: And here is Hong Kong
2009.02.12: Istanbul, Constantinople, Byzantium...
2009.02.11: Today's post, brought to you by the letter H (as in Hell!)
2009.02.10: How low can financial markets go?
2009.02.09: New toes, new trip, old financial worries.......
2009.02.08: A Malaise in Murano Glass
2009.02.07: This would be so much more enjoyable.....
2009.02.06: Everyone Raves about Ravenna
2009.02.05: A Night at the Ballet
2009.02.04: Ferrara versus Padua
2009.02.03: High, high hopes for Bologna
2009.02.02: I may be sent to hell for this.....
2009.02.01: La Meglio Gioventù
2009.01.26: Let your imagination run wild
2009.01.21: I'm going to Padua!
2009.01.13: Canada welcomes Obama (Break out the BeaverTails)
2009.01.08: Five things meme
2009.01.01: A little bit of hope for the New Year
2008.12.28: Lunch at La Terrazza
2008.12.23: Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season!
2008.12.17: Italian conversation
2008.12.09: Which of these would you rather see?
2008.12.03: Tis the season for Christmas baking.....
2008.11.30: A little bit of Italy in Ottawa
2008.11.25: I've finally got my gryphons home from Perugia!
2008.11.19: I'd like a cow with my coffee
2008.11.12: Chuffed About Ceramics (II)
2008.11.07: Galatea...or, this is how I'm feeling this week
2008.10.31: Chiesa di Sant'Angelo
2008.10.29: This is so NOT a winter wonderland.
2008.10.27: Bringing a little bit of Italy into my home....
2008.10.23: It's wonderful......I dream of you....
2008.10.22: Wouldn't it be fun to own a house in Spello?
2008.10.18: Another look at Assisi.....
2008.10.15: Bevagna!
2008.10.11: San Pietro in Valle
2008.10.08: Why didn't anyone tell me about Arezzo?
2008.10.05: Seriously......light lasagne! (No Swimming!)
2008.10.03: Oratorio of San Bernardino in Perugia
2008.10.02: A lovely country lunch
2008.09.30: I've landed back in autumn....
2008.09.28: Chuffed about ceramics
2008.09.22: What's so great about Perugia?
2008.09.21: Things really DO go better with Spello!
2008.09.19: Sometimes it's very good to have a car
2008.09.19: Finally, frescos
2008.09.16: Would you believe.....light lasagne?
2008.09.15: Arrival in Assisi
2008.09.09: This is the part where I leave for Italy!
2008.09.09: How will I get these on the train?
2008.09.05: The forty-three meme
2008.09.04: Am I cheating on Umbria with a day trip to Arezzo?
2008.09.02: Underground Perugia
2008.08.26: Andiamo a Assisi e Alla Madonna del Piatto
2008.08.23: "Of Books and Prime Ministers......''
2008.08.19: Clash of the ceramics
2008.08.13: So much art (and shopping); so little time.....
2008.08.05: Remember your first time?
2008.07.29: St. Francis preaching to the birds of Bevagna
2008.07.26: I love my countdown clock!
2008.07.23: A Golden Age
2008.07.19: Only two more months to wait.......
2008.07.13: Some things I'd like to be able to smell......
2008.07.08: It's all about the nose......
2008.07.01: Mafioso
2008.06.26: It's almost as if I'm living in Paris.......
2008.06.20: Which to choose?
2008.06.17: Who needs a Stairmaster when you can climb an acqueduct?
2008.06.09: Agata e la tempesta
2008.06.05: Three on the Tree
2008.06.03: Hello, Spello!
2008.05.27: Talk about great bone structure!
2008.05.15: I'm going to Florence!
2008.05.12: Am I ever craving some of these right now.....
2008.05.09: Green grass.....in January!
2008.05.08: It has been one of those days......
2008.05.06: When in Umbria.......
2008.04.29: Shopping for ceramics in Umbria
2008.04.25: A very bright man with a great sense of humour
2008.04.25: George not included
2008.04.24: Perusing Perugino in the Pinacoteca in Perugia
2008.04.18: Berlusconi says he can't find qualified women?
2008.04.16: Adventures in rental cars
2008.04.13: La Historia Oficial -- The Official Story
2008.04.10: I believe I'm changing my travel plans.......
2008.04.05: The man with the golden......torre?
2008.04.02: Playing for Pizza
2008.03.31: Alitalia: The drama continues
2008.03.30: "Would I walk 500 miles to go to church?"
2008.03.29: Just call me Purple Bear
2008.03.28: The Other Boleyn Girl
2008.03.27: "It was the day my grandmother exploded."
2008.03.26: This is why I hate the circus.
2008.03.25: The Alitalia saga continues.....
2008.03.24: What the hell am I doing with a $120 bottle of vinegar??
2008.03.23: Easter, the time for pageantry and paradox.
2008.03.22: So much for shortcuts
2008.03.21: Why, oh why, did my cleaning lady dump me?
2008.03.20: Speaking of arrogant and unacceptable....
2008.03.19: I'll never understand Air Canada.......
2008.03.18: Italian cooking class
2008.03.17: The Pillars of The Earth
2008.03.16: Loved the opera, but hate the sloppy writing that followed
2008.03.15: A night at the opera
2008.03.14: Three things
2008.03.13: I don't care how much it costs -- NOT traveling to Italy is NOT an option.
2008.03.12: Alitalia up in the air again!
2008.03.11: More evidence that Italy is good for us.....
2008.03.10: Thank God for Daylight Savings Time!
2008.03.09: Come for the pasta, stay for the fire....
2008.03.08: The Lamest Songs of All Time
2008.03.07: I'm buried under almost 12 feet of snow!!!!!
2008.03.06: Let the trip planning continue....
2008.03.05: Restating my travel plans
2008.03.04: Finally, a bit of art!
2008.03.03: Planning a small dinner party.
2008.03.02: Book club horror.....
2008.03.01: The Slow Travel blogging challenge
2008.02.29: Giant Knickers put out house fire...."they did the right thing, in the end."
2008.02.28: I'm balking at my book club.
2008.02.27: Excellent Cadavers
2008.02.26: Dragged down into the depths of helllllll........
2008.02.25: World Slow Day? Not everywhere.....
2008.02.24: So much Italy, so little time.....
2008.02.23: The Pope is not the patron saint of travelers!
2008.02.22: "Where the hell are the singing cats?"
2008.02.21: This is why my luggage weighs so blankety-blank much!
2008.02.20: Continuing the 100 things about me.
2008.02.19: 100 things about me. Part one
2008.02.18: It's Monday and it's still February. Reason enough to be cranky.
2008.02.17: The Tree of Wooden Clogs
2008.02.16: I'm working on getting a new passport....
2008.02.15: Life goes in a Beirut Beauty Shop
2008.02.14: A Valentine to Italy
2008.02.13: In Praise of Muscular Masseurs
2008.02.12: Favourite movies set in Venice, Part 2
2008.02.11: Favourite movies set in Venice
2008.02.10: That's Ms Rat to you.
2008.02.09: These ladies are leaving me in their intellectual dust.
2008.02.08: I wish I was Katharine Hepburn (without the eye infection)
2008.02.07: Ah, the joys of travel planning
2008.02.06: Iran so far away.....
2008.02.05: I'm sweating like some kind of a farm animal.....
2008.02.04: Time for the next trip......
2008.02.03: Blog-A-Day
2008.02.02: So, NOW what do I do?
2008.01.26: Back to reality.....
2008.01.19: The end is near.....
2008.01.17: Bel canto: a glorious night at the opera
2008.01.15: Rattling around a near-empty Sistine Chapel with the Furies breathing down my neck.....
2008.01.14: Well, I WAS planning to wash my hair, but I guess I could go out......
2008.01.12: Some things very old, some things very, very new (at least to me.....)
2008.01.11: Some guilty and some not-so-guilty pleasures...
2008.01.10: Thank God it's January!
2008.01.09: Moi? In Valentino?
2008.01.08: The luggage has landed.....
2008.01.03: About Me

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