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Gone Fishing

Posted on: January 31st, 2012

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Abbiamo fatto un piccolo giro in Toscana e Umbria*

*Ok, so we didn’t really go fishing, but we did go on a little road trip through Tuscany and Umbria this past weekend.

We have been meaning to get back to Lucca, where we spent 2 months in 1993, and up until now we just never made it. It was an interesting trip down memory lane. We also went back to Oriveto, where we’d only briefly been for a B.B. King concert, also in 1993. Between Orvieto and Lucca, we made stops in the Val d’Orcia in Pienza and Bagni di Vignoni; and on our way back to Foligno we stopped to revisit the Piero della Francesca in Arezzo, and spend a night on Lago Trasimeno.

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A few pictures above, of the lake and the watchful lion at the Duomo in Orvieto. More to follow in another edition of the Italy News newsletters – if you haven’t yet subscribed you can do so here: http://eepurl.com/eFNco

Welcoming the New Year

Posted on: January 12th, 2012
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Three Cheers for January Snow

I saw the snow from a distance right around the middle of December up on the mountain tops surrounding Foligno. It was magical. To my great delight I actually got to hear the crunch under my feet when we went to Colfiorito for a hike on the Epiphany, last week. It was a cold blustery day and it finally really felt like winter.

We did some traveling playing tour guides with visitors over the holidays – hit the usual suspects: the Giotto frescoes in Assisi, ruins in Rome, the Duomo in Florence (as well as the Capella Brancacci), among others. Now, I’m ready to get back to my own work!

Photos below from left to right: a modern ruin on a Roman wall; a detail in Assisi; and the Duomo in Firenze at dusk.

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Flowers for my mom 12.31.11

Posted on: December 31st, 2011
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Tanti Auguri

Posted on: December 24th, 2011
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Ho Ho Ho.

Here’s wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season, however and whatever you may be celebrating. May 2012 bring light, warmth, and plenty of laughter your way.

Tanti Auguri (best wishes) from us in Italy!

Recent Sketches

Posted on: December 12th, 2011
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In case you were wondering …

how I’ve been spending my time – other than picking olives, and eating bruschetta drenched in green oil; I do sit down at my table to draw/paint/collage on a daily basis. Some pieces are purely invented, some are of actual places, and then there are those that fall somewhere in-between what exists in my head and what lies out in the streets below.

Italy continues to both inspire and confound me with all it’s chaos and contradictions. For example, though Christmas has become equally as commercial here as in the U.S. they still celebrate the immaculate conception of Mary with a national holiday. Who knew Jesus wasn’t the only one to be immaculately conceived?

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