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Our Italian Life – minus the internet

June 11, 2013
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‘I am lost and found over and over’…. Our Italian Life: It’s still raining here in Valle Pellice, and we are seeing first hand the effect on the community. It’s as if an entire season has been missed and Spring just didn’t arrive. The days are long with no lack of sunshine, it gets dark [...]

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A window of Opportunity – sending love

June 2, 2013
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By some strange miracle the blog has opened and given me an opportunity to let you all know we are alive and well here in Malpertus. As I wasn’t expecting this to happen I am caught off guard and am not even sure this will go through so here’s a quick update minus images as [...]

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A Day in the Life – a million small moments

May 13, 2013
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Our Italian Life: We spent the afternoon chatting with our neighbor Antonio. He lives just up the road from us in the next Borgata. His nephew was busy planting potatoes one at a time now that the sun is here everyone is out and about. Silvio helps Sam clear the trees for our orto, chopping [...]

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Italian Doors – a conversation

April 21, 2013
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‘She knocked and waited… because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different’ ~ Laini Taylor Rounding the corner a perfect photo, as if the Italian gods were smiling on us. Each element aligned perfectly to capture that quintessential dream of Italy. Yet my eye was drawn [...]

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A Simple Life – the beginnings

November 23, 2012
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Source:  Pinterest   I’ve been reading much lately about living a ‘simple life’ one not complicated by the expectations of society. Not the ‘declutter’ fad that seems to be growing as fast as Ikea can create imaginative ways to store it all. I’m not thinking of matching fabric covered boxes held in shelving units made [...]

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The Heart Wanders – a journey

November 8, 2012
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I’m on a journey without a goal….. and I like it that way I have never been a driven person, recently I took a Tony Robins questionnaire and the results didn’t surprise me. How do I translate this to our life and the future. I know we only have 116 days on our timeline before [...]

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A dream home in Italy – the vision

June 20, 2012
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I have a dream home lingering in my gentlest thoughts. It’s a place I go to often in my mind, a refuge place…. filled with light, laughter and every little treasure. As I come across an image that reflects my vision I like to pin it to my Home board over at Pinterest. I see [...]

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An Italian Life – the reality

November 17, 2011
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Throughout the month of November,BootsnAll is inviting bloggers from around the world to join them in a daily blogging project – the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project Day Fourteen :  Quote “Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world [...]

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An Italian Home – where the heart is

November 15, 2011
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Throughout the month of November,BootsnAll is inviting bloggers from around the world to join them in a daily blogging project – the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project Day Thirteen :  Home Home is something I carry around in my heart,  like the “Universe” carried on Orion’s belt in the movie “Men in Black”. Part [...]

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An Italian Feast – The family embrace us

November 12, 2011
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Throughout the month of November,BootsnAll is inviting bloggers from around the world to join them in a daily blogging project – the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project Day Eleven :  Feast I think most of you know I don’t cook. My New Year’s Resolutions were among other things to serve an Italian feast like [...]

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