an artist, a designer and a lover of color and pattern
Primavera is approaching…the almonds are blooming…the sky is clear…the birds are chirping (including the pheasant perched on the table in the front yard)….this happens every March, Marzo, here in Tuscany. We experience the most beautiful touch of glorious Spring. It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows …
If you know me, you know that I was completely against facebook when it was first launched. I had many friends asking me to join…I always said a very firm “no”…why would I want to put my life out on the internet? But then, slowly slowly, I found that my friends were not sending as …
While I am oh so patiently waiting on the paint to dry for one of my newest Laura Fair projects…I thought I would learn a new word in Italian so that I might write a little update on the last weeks here…fanciullezza or infanzia…childhood…as in reliving one’s. So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can …
Yesterday was a fascinating day here in the Italian Catholic calendar. A day dedicated to San Biagio, or Saint Blaise in English, who became famous as a miraculous healer when after touching a child with a fish bone caught in his throat, the bone astonishingly melted. We drove over the mountain to the tiny hamlet …
Home again. There is always a reentry I must go through when returning from the US to Italy. An adjustment of sorts. Language changes, weather changes, food changes, hour changes, you get the picture. I have no idea if this happens to others who share their lives between two different countries…but a metamorphosis of sorts …
I am so happy to tell you all about something really special. I have been meaning to mention it for a while now, but my holiday goodness got in the way. Now that the new year has begun, it is time to get back into the swing of things. This Sunday, January 9, 2011 from …