We put a lot of stalk in the passing of a decade. Once we reach that all-important 21st birthday milestone, we divide our lives by the tens. Look at all the Hallmark birthday cards. You won’t find one for turning 31 or 42. It’s the passing of one decade to the next that matters. Turning …
Where did Casanova hangout before a night of passion? Find out!!
Nothing changes, if nothing changes Courtney. C Stevens Change. A simple word loaded with emotion. For some of us, the thought of change is terrifying. We fear a shift from the ‘known’ to the ‘unknown’. We cling to the familiar, doing all we can to resist change, to keep things the same aka ‘normal’, comfortable. …
I have a confession to make. I have 32 pairs of shoes. Correction: I had 32 pairs of shoes. They stood like loyal soldiers on the closet floors and hung in those handy shoe storage thingies all over our house. They made my happy. More than they should have. But I gave them up. Well, …
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 …
We had a dream…to buy a house in Italy and retire there one day. Shortly after we returned to Canada after two years living in Umbria, I began scouring the Italian real estate listings for houses in the Lago Trasimeno area, a short distance from the Tuscany border. It was a way to stay connected …
Italy remains one of the world’s top tourist destinations for a reason. Maybe it’s the wine, the incredible food, the rich history or treasure trove of art and culture. Maybe it’s everything. For us, Italy offers all that we find beautiful in life. And then some. I share here an article I wrote for a …
I can’t talk about our life in Italy – or our life in Canada – or our life together at all without talking about our dog Rocco. Those who know us well would call us one of those kinds of pet-parents. You know, the ones who take their dog everywhere, let him have the run …
I grew up in a house with large shamrocks painted on our front door… in Canada. Such was my mother’s love for her Irish heritage. Ireland was well represented in our home as well; from Belleek fine china to the large framed sepia photo of my great-great-grandfather Thomas O’Sullivan which hung in a prominent position …
verb: wander; present participle: wandering walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way synonyms: stroll, amble, saunter, walk, dawdle, potter, ramble, maunder, meander This sounds a lot like freedom to me: to walk in a leisurely or aimless way. To move at your own pace, to change course on a whim, to have no …
