(posted on 25 April 2006) Italian Liberation Day, also known as the Celebration of the Resistance (Festa della Resistenza), is celebrated on April 25 each…
A walk in Rome’s Parco della Caffarella at sunup on 22 April to explore the ancient sites of the Sacred Grove and the Egeria source…
For the past several days there has been a definite sense of spring in the air. So I took my camera with me on the…
On 4 February 2006 I walked along the Via Appia Antica with the French culture group Rome et Son Histoire. We visited many of…
I have been “meme’d” to write 15 fun facts about books! So here goes! (and thanks to Steve and Nick). I don’t remember how I…
There was a dog behind me in a fenced yard who wanted to come out and play. He started barking so I had to hurry……
Stopped here to have a cappuccino and read the instruction manual (the short one… didn’t bother to print out the 225 page “real” manual yet!).…
6 January 2006. Decided to figure out how to use the new Olympus Christmas present this morning, Befana Day in Italy, so everything was closed.…
Day trip organized by City of Rome up the Tiber to the Farfa Natural Reserve in Lazio. Went on the bus with about 20 FAO…
The cat I met on the way back from the Palazzo Chigi in the spring. © 2005-2014, J.Crews
Eternity disappeared, so here we go again. Version II.