Month: June 2023
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Summer Begins
Although we had to wait a rather long time for the rain to stop, and we are still getting random thunderstorms, the summer temperatures have come straight in as if to make up for lost time. ðĨâïļ The wait has worked out for me as I have only just recently been able to put on…
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Gnocchi Festival
A rather unappreciated and misunderstood (in my opinion) dish in the Italian cuisine is gnocchi – pronounced “nio-key” or “no-key” as the “g” is silent. It is a perfect combination of potato and pasta with whatever kind of sauce you like. This one was a duck ragu that was yummy, though I was helping M…
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Escaping the Rain
How another week has gone by so quickly is one of those endless mysteries of life. ðĪ·ð―ââïļ I thought that I would have more time to write or do so-called normal activities even with almost a week in France, but somehow that didn’t quite happen. ðĪŠ We hit the road late on Wednesday last week…
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Mama & Me – May 17~June 2, 2023
It was a quick 17 days spent with my mom in Italy and southern France. We got to do a mother-daughter road trip from our place in Orvieto to Cinque Terre to a spa stay in Bordighera before using our place in Lorgues for a few nights to see the Mediterranean coast that makes the…
