an artist, a designer and a lover of color and pattern
Over the past month or so, I have been very concentrated on growing and promoting Laura Fair by getting all LinkedIn and facebooked up that a short time ago, I truly felt the need to unplug…to take care of those bits of me that need to breathe fresh air, pick up a paint brush, live …
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 …
As the snow slowly falls here, I cannot help but think of the happiness my little bambini from scuola are experiencing right now. I bet they are bursting at the seams to get outside and play. It reminds me that I have yet to tell you, I have been teaching at the local elementary school! …
We have been celebrating around here. Anyone who knows me knows I am out of my head for birthdays. Well, at least for MY birthday! As far back as I can remember, I have celebrated not only the day, but usually the week, and sometimes even the entire month of December. Yes, I exaggerate and …
For almost an entire month, I have been in an olive oil induced haze…yes, we picked olives this year. With the help of many friends, I have laid out nets under at least 200 trees, moved ladders to and fro, hand scraped more olives from their branches than I want to count, emptied crate upon …