(Creatively) Lost in Sicily,

It only took 24 hours to fall in love with Palermo!
We slept among the rooftops in a sweet little room in the historic center on the main drag.
The sunny morning invited sitting on the balcony and enjoying all that could be taken in with both eyes and ears: the contrasting colors and patterns of the roof tiles, domes, spires, clouds. The morning noises seeping through shuttered windows across...

We couldn't wait to check out the just opened Acicastello-Acitrezza walking path last weekend.
While the two lovely seaside villages are within easy walking distance from each other, this potentially beautiful walk has never been possible in a continuously coastal kind of way. That's because a big lido (aka private beach club) is perched over...

As a late-blooming discoverer of my big dream of becoming a working artist, I feel compelled to share the story of how that came to be....
....AND a promotion that is going on in my new on-line shop at Society 6:
$5 discount  on all items + free international shipping through November 9!...

This year I am a little bit obsessed with the Festa dei Morti.
In the past I tended to avoid any situation that might force me to think about death.  And a holiday that turned it into a celebration seemed anything but festive. I never got beyond admiring the fun skeleton artwork associated with the Day of the Dead...