© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
The past many weeks have been another layer of intense reckoning within. Another chapter of my life is written and a new one faces me—the page blank before me, yet a sense of knowing floats and swirls round and round … Continue reading
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Handmade ravioli, papardelle and fettuccini pasta. Bolognese sauce, butter and sage, and tomato and basil sauces. Pizza from scratch. Homemade gelato and sorbet, and panna cotta. It was fun to cook with other people. It was fast-paced and our chef … Continue reading
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Friday I am writing in the Giardino Boboli, Boboli Gardens, behind the Palazzo Pitti, or Pitti Palace. I was lying under a tree in that almost asleep place where your limbs are heavy but you can hear the birds tweeting, … Continue reading
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Yesterday I spent the day in Rome. As seems to be a recurring theme when I travel, even though it all seems quite spontaneous, it wasn’t an ordinary day in Rome. It was the day of the Maratona di Roma, … Continue reading
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Where I am in Italy is quite off the beaten path, which was the plan. The first couple of days have been really cold (2 degrees C/near freezing F) with whistling wind and I have had no inclination to venture … Continue reading