Everywhere we went conversations started with "Allora." After thirteen days, many of us mimicked our Italian counterparts. So, (or...

Yesterday I gave some information to our Pilgrimage group about Saint Clare of Assisi. We often think of her as a meek, mild woman who...

Climbing the stairs to my room at the hotel in Rome I pass a woman who smells like baby powder. I remember the soft cradle caps of my...

First news reports from Paris after the fire pictured the glow of the Cross. And, that is a truly astounding image, to be sure,...

A shoe-box size package came from Amazon the other day. I'd ordered coffee packets so that I could keep my American ways while staying in...

In twelve short days I travel to Italy as part of a team leading pilgrims on a journey through sites that Saint Francis of Assisi and his...

I just finished reading Brene Brown's book, Dare to Lead. Dog-eared pages outweigh those that had little interest to me. And yet, the...

#reading #writing #lessons New website, new blog - writing and the lessons I've learned. I am working on a book proposal for a memoir...