Summer is here. Storms hang in corners; windows are now perpetually open, as mosquitoes rest on my pillow waiting for me to sleep so that they can have their feast. I thought we’d left bed nets behind in Uganda, but this past week we found ourselves hanging them above and around our bed in Rome, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life’
From concrete to vines to mountains to sea
Posted in photography, tagged italy, life, rome, travel, uganda on June 1, 2011 | 10 Comments »
The Sabine Hills
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged italy, life, rome on May 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Just a 45 minute drive from Rome, you can climb up into the sky. Below you are cherry trees, olive trees, and apple trees, that you can stop and pick from along the way. As we drove back to the city, smog and noise welcoming us at the gate, it took all we had to [...]
Friends
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, life on May 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
The world is small. This past weekend, while out for a walk with my amazing family, I watched my past crossing the street, coming right towards me. Where I could have been startled, I felt oddly peaceful, as if this were exactly how life was supposed to go: the people we know randomly appearing throughout [...]
Empire State of Mind
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged culture, life, new york on May 16, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I feel the pull. I think it started with a picture. Or maybe it was just a word. But the roots I felt were slipping, slowly untangling and shredding have found a concrete barrier and tug me back towards them. I don’t need much. Just a fix. Just to know it’s still there while we [...]
Through your eyes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, rome, travel on May 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »
We’ve had a good deal of visitors here in Rome. At first, I enjoyed being a tour guide, but after my eighth trip to the Colosseum I started to feel like I’d rather pull my hair out than climb those steps again. But then something interesting happened. I learned that if you see something through [...]
Problems of the privileged
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged culture, life on May 11, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Kampala, Uganda I remember once when my husband (then boyfriend), who had just come back from Kenya, sat listening to me patiently in NY as I went on and on about my problems. Oh, I don’t even remember what I was upset about. I am sure I didn’t get a job I really wanted, or [...]
Easter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged italy, life on April 25, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Strange Easter. We had decided to spend it up north in an old monastery outside of Orvieto. Being an ex-pat, the holidays are more challenging. There isn’t a well-worn back yard for games and hunts, nor a comfy old den with closets full of decorations that only need a dusting and reason. No family to [...]
bluebird of happiness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, photography on April 19, 2011 | 8 Comments »
At the end of work on the first film I did, my sweet young co-star gave me a small glass bird, the bluebird of happiness. It became a symbol for me for the next 20 years. No matter where I moved, what hardships occurred, that bluebird was a reminder that someone and something had given [...]
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