The olive harvest is an age-old ritual here in the Tuscan countryside. Every year around the second week of October, movement ascends on the silent olive groves and people can be seen tromping around with ladders, baskets and nets. For the past month and a half, we have been outside in the fields under incredibly …
Some 2020 thoughts
I could write a thousand words on what the last 8 months have meant to me, I am sure you could too. How much it has changed me, my way of thinking, my way of relating and my general outlook on the world around me. It has been a mix of confusion, frustration, utter fear …
Dusting and Sprucing
Welcome to ‘slow summer’ 2020. With the extra time we all seem to have now (more on that at a later date), I thought that I would use some of mine to revive the Laura Fair website. That includes dusting off this old blog and sprucing it up a bit. I have been reliving some …
A special visit
If you follow me on Facebook, you have already heard about the special visit I had here in Italy. Peggy, from Golden Rabbit Enamelware, traveled to Tuscany! This was not the first time that I have been blessed with a drop in by the lovely Peggy…five years ago she and her husband took a round …
Postcard from Ischia
As you all know, I spend time in Italy and that means that I must spend my time also in Italian. Although there are some English speakers around, the language of my every days is my second one. You might remember I even wrote about it here. Since that time, I have to say that …
Spring into Summer
I think I may have gone a little overboard on the pillows? Then again…in my world, we all could use at least one more pillow. Especially me after the last month or so of specialness. We cruised right through Spring and my favorite month of May. It was a wonderful time full of flowers, celebrations, …