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Month: April 2024

Romantic notions

Romantic notions are wonderful. A dreamer’s dream of what might be out in the great beyond. An imagining of what’s to come with spectacles in full rosy bloom. When we began planning our departure from the U.S. to Italy, we Read more…


Departure on the eclipse

Next month, May of 2024, marks 105 years since my great grandmother, Maria, and my grandmother, Antonetta, arrived to Ellis Island on The SS America from Naples Italy. Last night, a few hours after the eclipse, Bill & I waited Read more…


Here We Go!

Sooo, here we goooo! Feet-first, seat-of-the-pants, damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead, throwing caution to the wind and taking to the skies, the seas and in and around archipelagos. I know, I know, all written loquacity aside, our Italian Read more…


First stop along the way…

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda


… And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

Author: Mia And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you Read more…


You get what you need

Author : Mia After we’d decided to give up on what we’d thought had been the perfect modern apartment in Tempio Pausania, we dove right back in to the property websites, scouring the entirety of Sardinia for another suitable place. Read more…


You Can’t Always Get What You Want…

Author : Mia Or you already did, but…maybe not really? Is asking for an inventory insulting? Is that addition legal? Is anything legal? What are we even doing? (Note-Find you a good and communicative lawyer before attempting said endeavor). I Read more…