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The Joys of Not Being a Skinny Girl

“I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones;...



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Knocking Pompeii Off the Bucket List

“It is disturbing sight, to encounter these bodies tormented with suffering, anguish and fear, and petrified by suffocation in their appalling postures…” -Marcel Brion * When I was...



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When in Rome, Do as the Heathens Do

“Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.” – Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday * Rome isn’t an enormous city & it’s true that...



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Our Road Led to Rome

“Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.” -Robert Browning * Our first mission upon arriving in Rome was: find the bed & breakfast. Second: find food. The first was easy enough, though the...



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The Leaning Tower & The Happy Tuscan Farmer

After spending one week roaming around various corners of Italy, I learned a few things. I learned that eating gnocchi is more enjoyable when you get it from a waiter who greets you with a...



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The Joys of a Dysfunctional, Symbiotic Relationship

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” ― Robertson Davies “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one...



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Star Wars Burgers & the Everlasting Star Cheese

A couple of months ago, I got a few messages from friends back home in the States about this: Oh… & also, this: For a few days, the Internet was abuzz with various articles about the Star...



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Survival is Triumph Enough

  "Being a fiction writer is a good way to go crazy, it's a good way to be a nervous wreck, it's a good way to become a drunk. You continually pick at yourself, the little sores that you have....



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Springing Forward, Looking Back

"Spring is the time of plans and projects." – Leo Tolstoy "Blah, blah, blah." – Iggy Pop * It's been a while since I wrote one of those blogs posts that say, "I...



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Don’t Call Me a Foodie

“You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.” ― Kurt Vonnegut “Watch a French...



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