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July 20, 2009

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Plugged Into the Past

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A Special Calling

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Cloud 15

Shari tried on a pair of light pink leather gloves and you could see from the look in her eyes she was on Cloud 15. The sales woman slipped the motorcycle gloves onto her fingers and an illusion seemed to take place before my eyes. Although Shari’s elbow was firmly planted on the counter, the [...]

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Deja Vu

Heavy sounds of bass and piano filled the swanky dining room of Golden View Open Bar as we entered for late-night cocktails and tiramisu. Abstract art work hung from the walls and every seat in the house had a perfect view of Fiume Arno.  The windows were open and the breeze lifted in the sounds [...]

by | July 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , ,
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No Shoes For You

Hello, my name is Leah, and I am a shoe-aholic.
 
I love all types: flops, ballet flats, boots, but I have developed a special addiction to heels. They are the first items to catch my eye when I walk into a shoe store, and I jump at any chance to wear them. I feel fortunate that [...]

by | July 18th, 2009 | Tags: , ,
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Parle Inglese?

Every morning we have an Italian language class. I love it! It is so helpful to be able to learn the most useful and important phrases along with vocabulary and grammar. I can read and write in Spanish but am not fluent because I have never immersed myself in the Spanish language. In Urbino I [...]

by | July 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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Conversations with Stone

When I press “publish” on this blog, it will be sent out over the internet to the computers of any of the 1,596,270,108 or so people on Earth who might stumble upon it on a slow workday. This is hardly something that a sculptor like Michelangelo could have imagined as he chipped away at the [...]

by | July 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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A Stranger in Florence

Some time before I left for Italy, my relatives took their time to warn me about Italian men. “Be careful,” they would say, their voices brimming with trepidation. “All they do is say ‘Ciao Bella’ and do that backward hand wave gesture! You must be on your guard!” As a woman who takes pride [...]

by | July 12th, 2009 | Tags: , ,
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