I made a recent bittersweet visit to Brooklyn during which my dear father-in-law died. From 2006-2010 I experienced th...

We are climbing the walls around here, so it was nice to escape to the Catskills for a weekend. There's plenty of snow ...

For me, coping with the winter blues requires big books,  cats, tea and grilled cheese sandwiches.  When that doesn't wor...

15th century, from Faenza, Italy I seem to have hit the bloggers wall. I drafted a post about the ceramics museum in Faenza, but it...

 November, December, January, I was constantly on the go. Brooklyn, Catskills, Brooklyn, Italy. Art, food, people, land...

Winter has arrived in a bone-chilling fury, the snow is piled high  and all I want to do is burrow under the quilts with ca...

Canal Grande Twilight soccer, Campo San Giacomo  Titian, Basilica dei Frari Canals, calles, and campos. The continuous ec...