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Walking up the steep cobblestone path, climbing our first of Rome’s Seven Hills, I wonder at my decision for today’s […]
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Twenty years ago I fell in love with Rome. She left me breathless. I loved her color, her age, her […]
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The sun is shining. The day is perfect. The banks of the Tiber are swollen. The waters — sludge is […]
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The Eternal City of Rome has offered us one of its loveliest gifts—Trastevere. We have landed in an area full of life […]
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Lucca – A Last Look You would expect that a last day spent in Lucca would spur one on to […]
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This morning we awake to a big, warm blue hug from the heavens over Lucca, and the only thing I […]
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The Drive to Villa Vignamaggio Sitting in the car, ready to begin our trip to Villa Vignamaggio and the hill […]
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Lucca Closes Its Doors It is cold and gray, but hunger beckons. I have been warned that after the Comics […]
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Time Melts On Thursday we walked to Esselunga, the large supermarket just outside the city walls of Lucca to do […]
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Michael Promises There Will Not Be Rain The sun teases. Patches of blue make promises they cannot keep. The world […]
About Me
Artist - Traveller - Foodie - Avid Hostess - Picnicker - Amateur Chef
Simply put, I love Texas. I have lived almost my entire life in this state. Born and raised in San Antonio, I spent the majority of my adult life in Fort Worth, in addition to ten years—on and off—sailing in and around the Gulf Coast on our 40’ Endeavor, Island Rose. For the past ten years, my husband and I have called Wimberley home—and if I love Texas—I adore the Texas Hill Country.
We have traveled extensively in this state--from deep East to far West, from North to South--and have probably been on more back roads and in more towns than anyone I have encountered. I AM a Texan—through and through!
I’m a foodie. I love to cook. I am a good judge of what is excellent, what is not. We will drive two-and-a-half hours for Saturday lunch; for the journey and the destination. I love picnics and trying out local wineries. Food and wine pairings draw me like a magnet. And music—all kinds. Concerts are on the menu at our house every year, be they concerts in a house, in a park, in a barn, in an auditorium or at a winery--we're there.
I paint. I cook. I entertain. I love back country roads and small towns—we own two convertibles so I can be sure that nothing bars the experience of just being there.
I finally decided it was time to share my love of this state and these hills with anyone who will listen or read, letting them in on on the famous, the infamous and the not so famous places that dot the countryside and cities. I'll share stories, experiences, and recipes.
Hopefully, you will come along for the ride, blaze your own trails and let me know if you are having fun. If you step out your door and take a chance, I know that you will!
