Tag Archives: Italy

I Talk to the Trees

Or, rather, the Family Tree, since we were asked this week: “Is there a certain ancestor that you wish you could travel back in time to spend a year with? What do you hope to learn? Why that relative?”  Tough … Continue reading

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There’s no place like home

It’s fitting that I write this post from Florida whose weather happens to be the exact opposite of Michigan’s today. The weather here is flirting with record highs in the high eighties while back home in Michigan, the wind chill … Continue reading

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On a Clear Day…

We are talking about places we’ve always wanted to visit…and why. Where WOULDN’T I want to go? I haven’t had much chance to travel. I have seen a lot of America just going back and forth, traveling through, although not … Continue reading

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Location, Location, Location

By Jeff Salter Our topic this week deals with Continent / Country / City we’ve always wanted to visit.  Scroll back to Iris on Monday, Janette on Tuesday, and Micki on Wednesday to see what they had to say.  And … Continue reading

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Keep on traveling!

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” ― John Lennon My daughter is helping me out this week! She’s got mum and … Continue reading

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Throw Mama from the Train a Kiss

Jillian-the-Fox keeps inspiring my posts, (which is strange, because I know she doesn’t like writing prompts), and her post this week about her mother in NYC reminded me of my mother’s New York tales. This one involves my mother and … Continue reading

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New Release on Friday, the 12th

Since it’s a free week this week here on the ol’ blog, I thought I’d share a bit about my upcoming release from Sweet Cravings Publishing for Friday this week. I’ve got a link here for my page at this … Continue reading

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Train Trip Through Italy

The summer of 2011, I took my younger son to Italy. He wanted to go to Rome and Venice. We flew into Rome and spent a few days, then we went by train to Venice. We spent a few days … Continue reading

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Freedoms

I hope you all had a nice Fourth of July. I pretty much vegged out and got caught up on some of the work from the day job I missed while I out of town for the RWA conference. I … Continue reading

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