It feels like time rushes by me at warp speed and before I blink another day has gone by. So instead of sitting down (for a really, really long time) and trying to figure out a topic for a blog post among all the things that has been going on in our lives these past [...]
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We’re back from a longish stay in Sweden at my parents’ summer cabin. What a fun time we had! We spent hours each day outdoors, even on days when the weather wasn’t super great. My parents are elderly and not as healthy anymore, so we ended up helping them with the yard work. They had [...]
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Well, I have a new experience of terror: waking up in the middle of the night to my home shaking violently and my child crying next to me, clawing at the wall for support, asking me if the house is falling down. No three year old should have to wonder that.
Earthquakes. Gods, they’re scary.
L’Aquila (in [...]
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Two days after my Mom had to return home, a couple of friends of ours from Geneva came for a visit. I haven’t seen them in three years and it was lovely to have them stay with us, to catch up, reconnect. In the 4 days they were here we showed them Grottaferrata (as luck [...]
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Let’s start with the gross part first.
I’m sick. The kids are sick. Snot everywhere.
The Husband is staying far, far away from us – wise man. Maybe I should just happen to sneeze on him – accidentally, of course – just to share the love a little. Well, the man does come in handy every now [...]
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