Ron and I had dinner in a restaurant last night.  The waiter tried his english on us and kept calling me “Lady.”      “Lady, you lika di wine?”      “Lady, you wanna more bread?”  (Yes to both, of course.)      I said to Ron, “I can’t believe he keeps calling…

     I had such a fabulous 40th.  I got to go through a guided tour of the Vatican Museums (Ron generously gave me his place) with GROWN UPS.  I had never been through the whole complex before, and I certainly had not been to a museum without my children in almost a decade.  The…

One fine day,  we went to an audience with the pope,  and everyone was shouting, “Papa Benedetto!”  His commentary on Galatians 4:4-7 was beautiful preparation for Pentecost (this coming Sunday).      Ron’s class at UD this summer is based on many readings from this pope’s writings.  It was thus especially poignant for Ron to…

    I am knitting this scarf for Leah.      I absolutely LOVE it!   The yarn is the softest yarn I have ever used–and I am going to have to get 2 more skeins to make the scarf long enough.      The yarn is from PurlSoho.com.  The scarf pattern is from a…

Leigh and I had special time in Rome.  There are 136 steps.  I found a paper shop right off of the Piazza de Spagna, one I remember from 15 years ago.  I got her a little pad of paper and some stickers, and she wrote little notes, folded them, and sealed them with her stickers….

Lady Gelato!

Gandolfo is the tiny town where the pope’s country residence is.  This facade was designed by the same architect who designed the facade of St. Peter’s. Annie ran down this incline (which is steeper than it looks) and landed directly on her nose.  It is bloody and bruised! And here is the Bar della Sport–allegedly…

     The countryside outside of Rome is the proud home of hills, vineyards, castles, estates of emperors and the pope, and volcanos that are now basins for lakes.  Lisa I. said that if she went back to Rome, she’d rather spend her time in these Castelli Romani rather than in Rome. A perfect honeymoon…