A Christmas Recap
I haven’t been very good about blogging regularly here this year, but one of my goals for 2016 (more on that in a later post) is to post at least once a week, on any topic that happens to engage … Continue reading →
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Happy Thanksgiving – 2015!
I’m doing dinner for a small group this year, but there are a lot of friends and family in my life for whom I am very thankful!
Continue reading →Heading for Bouchercon
In a few minutes, I’m heading to Raleigh for Bouchercon 2015. My schedule of events: Panel Thursday, Oct. 8 at 2:30 : The Comfort of Mystery in a Random World. Sounds like fun! I’ll also be at Sisters in Crime … Continue reading →
New Dragons in the Collection
In the past two months I’ve done a lot of traveling, including a vacation trip to Italy and then a journey to Indiana to help out my daughter and her three kids. No matter where I go, I always keep … Continue reading →
Florence Day 3 – The Galleria Academia
We had reservations for the Galleria Academia in the morning. It’s another art gallery, not as large or extensive as the Uffizi, but it contains what is arguably (but not very arguably) the most famous statue in the world, Michelangelo’s … Continue reading →
Florence Day 2 – The Uffizi Gallery and the Duomo
We had reservations for the Uffizi Gallery the next day at eight fifteen and we spent an entire morning there. I only wish it could have been longer. There’s so much more magnificent art than I could manage to take … Continue reading →
Florence Day 1
We got the high speed train from Rome in the morning and an hour and a half later we were in Florence. Our hotel there was just a few blocks from the train station, so we walked to it. Hotel … Continue reading →
Rome Day 6 – The Vatican Museums
Wow, was it a day! We started the morning with tickets to the Vatican Museums. If you’re planning to go, be sure to pre-book your tickets online. The line for pre-booked tickets moves much, much faster! We got in within … Continue reading →
Rome Day 5 – St. Peter’s Basilica
Laundry in the morning. It’s been really hot here in Rome, and we’ve gone through clothes much faster than expected, so we needed to do wash some things. Fortunately, there’s a small launderette just a block down from the hotel. … Continue reading →
Rome Day 4 National Museum
On Sunday morning, I was not at my best after not sleeping much the previous night. We had a pipe dream about going to Mass at St. Peter’s but our dream crashed into the Roman reality of huge crowds and … Continue reading →