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Tuesday with Montalcino

I’m still around, just haven’t had the urge to blog since I’ve been back from France. But life must go on even when I’m not traveling.  And it may as well be fun! In that spirit we’re trying to do some more fun things here in Louisville. Last week we went to a dinner with the [...]

Dana in Paris

You know how when you travel you wish you could have a nice photo of yourself in the destination? What you end up with too often is a little speck that is you, under harsh sunlight, with some famous landmark or another behind you. Nothing special that captures the magic of being in a place [...]

Smiles in Paris

I possibly look like a crazy lady in Paris. I talk to myself for one. I love this city but it’s big and busy and I’m keeping up with all my personal belongings and navigating — this takes some self pep talk. So I’m walking along talking to myself in a foreign language, but if [...]

Au revoir Camont and bonjour Paris

Since my last post was a wallow in woe is me, here is a photo to show that I am back in the land of the living and smiling, and am pretty close to back to good health. And, for those inquiring minds, have not been fattened like a duck for foie gras. Bacon still [...]

On being sick away from home

When you’re sick away from home I think the worst part is not having someone who loves you to fuss over you. The people you’ve known only a week don’t know you well enough to know that when you don’t comb your hair or put so much as a speck of mascara on that you’re [...]