Snowbound!
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” — Carl Reiner What Tim’s been doing for 2 weeks Sometimes travel is difficult. Like in New England over the past two weeks. Two or three days of snow, followed by a clear day or two when everybody goes out to do what needs…
The 2015 Sweet Sulmona Tour!
It’s Finally Here! History, food, architecture, more food and cooking in the green heart of Europe July 10 – 19, 2015 Sulmona’s Piazza Garibaldi, among the mountains Join acclaimed travel writer and blogger Linda Dini Jenkins for a small group adventure under the glorious skies of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions. Linda is the author of Up at…
For Rent: A little bit of heaven in Sulmona, Italy
Welcome to Sulmona: famous for confetti, which you’ll see all over town! Forte e gentile (strong and gentle). — Primo Levi, naming both the rugged landscape and the warm hearts of the Abruzzese people Casa Linda — we’re on the second floor with the balconies! If you can’t come to Abruzzo on one of our Travel the Write Way tours,…
A Travelin’ Gal: 2014 in Pictures
To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. – Bill Bryson I have been incredibly lucky this year. Not so much with the onslaught of chicken pox and…
The 2015 Abruzzo Trip: Save the Date!
Forte e gentile. — Primo Levi, describing Abruzzo and its people. The details are still being worked out, but enough people are asking me about the 2015 trip to Abruzzo (my new home away from home) that I thought I’d better get out some information. There are only 8 seats available on this one (plus we four new residents), for…
Adventures in #Italy
You may have the universe if I may have italy. — Guiseppe Verdi The time is near. Tim and I and our friends, Louis and Victoria (and their daughter, Ana, who probably thinks her parents and their friends are nuts), Arrividerci, Roma and Ciao, Sulmona! are about to depart for JFK, then Fiumicino, then hop on the Pronto bus to…
Defying Gravity: Calder at the #PEM
I wish I had thought of that. — Albert Einstein, upon viewing the synthesis of science and poetry, pattern and balance, chance and humor in Calder’s work in 1943 When I lived in New York City in the ‘80s, I often walked up to the Whitney Museum at Madison and 75th just to spend some time with Calder’s astonishing Circus.…
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Know David Sisco!
Save the Date: Friday, November 14 @ 8 pm Carnegie Hall. No, really! Announcing an evening of American Song by David Sisco, which will lead off with a suite of poems called “Italianate” written by somebody named Linda Dini Jenkins and sung by Baritone Michael Kelly. You won’t want to miss this spectacular evening of music. David Sisco’s works have been…
Perfect Summer Days/Memories of #Italy
Ed. note: We’ve been having a lot of them lately here in New England. Reminds me of a perfect day in Italy not so long ago . . . Abbondanza We sit at the kitchen table in the morning Drinking the juice of mangoes and blood oranges Eating creamy yogurt out of chipped white porcelain cups Planning our day, as…
House Hunters International Not: Our Adventure in #Sulmona
Sulmo Mihi Patria Est. — Ovid, some time after 43 BC OMG — we bought a place in Italy! — The four of us, May 2014 Dove siamo . . . c. James Martin, Europe for Visitors First, Hannibal devastated the region around Sulmona, a tidy historical community of some 20,000+ residents tucked into the center of Italy’s Abruzzo region.…
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