I stand at my stone kitchen sink overlooking the olive grove and oak and chestnut forest tucked deep in the ravine and see colored lights twinkling in the early winter dusk. I lean closer and raise a sudsy hand to adjust my glasses for a better look. I see them clearly now. Christmas lights. Hung …
def: expat /ɛksˈpat/ a person who lives outside their native country To be defined as an expat is to be set apart – to be considered separate from the native people of your adopted culture. It’s a word that’s meant to divide not unite. And for this reason, it’s not a label I’ve ever been …
For whom the bell tolls They toll for me. And for everyone in this amazingly well preserved hilltop town that time forgot. I had one very specific ‘must’ on my wish list when deciding where we would relocate our lives. I wanted to live where I can hear the bells ring. Where the telling of …
