At the Saturday street market yesterday, there were a couple of meat vendors selling rotisserie-cooked chickens, still...
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Summertime Hail
Seattleites delight! There's quarter-inch hail rocketing down at this moment in Milano! (And I've even worn a light...
No More Pickles!
It's hot and I've had too much salt. My fingers and toes are like little sausages. My skin is tight. I don't think I...
Taormina Lemons
On a narrow, stair-stepped passage in the "centro storico" - historic district - of Taormina, there was a small shop...
The Essential
"The essential is invisible to the eyes." Painted graffiti on a wall in Palermo.
Where Are We Going?
Ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka. The signs that indicate Milano's M2 green line subway destination were malfunctioning and...
Ionian Sea Shoreline
May 13 Journal Entry. Catanzaro Lido to Lecce. Training along the Ionian Sea shoreline: Red poppies. Cactus. Olives...
These Old Shoes
These old shoes have been through a Venetian deluge in San Marco Square, and foot-swelling heat in the Roman Forum....
Catanzaro Calabrese Waves
It's no joke that I'm in the "presidential suite" at the Palace Hotel, in the region of Calabria, the town of...
Straits of Messina
Haven't you always heard of "the straits of Messina"? Today I took a train from Taormina, about halfway down the east...
To Share a Filet
May 9 Journal Entry. Taormina. I need an attitude adjustment. I just don't do "the tourist thing" and am feeling...
American Pie
Sitting in a hotel lobby using the wifi network. Italian game show on the TV next to me. Don McClean singing "American...
Cefalù Journal Snippets
8 May - In the "centro storico" - historic center - of this little seacoast town east of Palermo, on the north shore...
Skewered Veal Guts
Veal guts were caught in my teeth. Coming back from a day trip up the hill to Monreale, I got off the bus at Piazza...
Technical Limitations
In pushing myself to "pack light, pack light, pack light"... in wanting to ease any worry about leaving my laptop...
In Sicilia!
Stepping outside the doors at the airport in Palermo, Sicily, I smelled the salty, sea air. Riding a bus from the...
Heading South
Always an exercise in "packing light", I keep removing things from my one-and-only carry-on bag for two weeks in the...
Two Wheels along the Canal
Given a beautiful, 70-degree, blue-sky, springtime day in Italy, it was a joy to get out on a bike again for a ride...
How to Wrap 6 Eggs
I had seen this woman selling fresh eggs at the Saturday Market last year, too, but neglected to shoot a video because...
Brrrr, It’s Cold!
It's mid-April and COLD! Every morning at about 9:00 I look out to the thermometer on my back porch and it says 40...