Sunday I visited Pompeii and what an experience it was. So incredible. A Bit of History Pompeii was settled in the 8th century BCE. It went through several battles and changes in culture that I won’t get into until it fell under the Roman Empire around 80 BCE. It’s the Roman influence that has made … More The Italian Journals: A Day at Pompeii
Ciao cari lettori e saluti dall’italia! It’s a rainy day here in Napoli. (Piove = it’s raining.) I went out a bit earlier today (some of you may have seen my lives and posts on Insta), but the rain has driven me back inside. At the beginning of the month, I announced I had moved … More The Italian Journals: Exploring Pozzuoli
Buongiorno! As I mentioned in my previous post, I moved. And it’s a big move. Yep, that’s right. I moved again. About a week ago I landed in Naples, Italy. (Napoli, if speaking Italian.) Happily, unlike my last international move, this time it’s not covid. So the flight, which was also shorter than my last … More Moving Abroad, Again
How is it August 31?! I feel like I’ve been saying that all year, but August seemed to fly by fastest yet. One moment, I was wrapping up #WyrdandWonder and starting my June #BIPOC readathon and now it’s Labor Day weekend. So to catch up, June was a great reading month. I participated in East … More Summer’s End & Book Purging
How in all the name of the Morrigan are we only 67 days from Halloween? Where did the summer go? And how have I not updated my blog in [indecipherable mumble] months? And yet, here we are, about a week from Labor day, 2 months from Halloween, and T-minus 2 months from being accosted by … More Catching Up
I said goodbye to Okinawa and hello to Washington, D.C. a smidge over two weeks now. And what a couple of weeks it has been!
14 years ago today, I was in NYC to attend a conference and had some time to explore. I was walking through Central Park headed to see something somewhere. (Now I can’t remember exactly where I was headed). I had a regular digital camera at the time. This was before I owned a smartphone, as … More A Snapshot Memory: The Year Was 2008
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