Taken by Surprise

I wasn’t sure I’d like Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough's Pioneers when I first began reading it. I'd expected a hist...

  • We arrive in Rome
    My husband Bill and I have just returned from a three week journey to Italy . During that time, we traveled through Rome , the Amalfi Coas...
  • Visions in Siena
    We left Sirmione on Lago di Garda, and headed back toward Rome through Tuscany with its terraced vineyards and olive groves, stone farmhou...
  • On the way to Assisi: Foligno
    We ate breakfast on the terrace in Amalfi, served by skinny Renaldo who buzzed and hummed about, making an occasional nervous foray into co...