

Taking liberties
As trailed in my last blog, Monday saw the start of Phase 2 of Italy’s lockdown with a degree more freedom of movement, though as I...


... as you go by
Another new month, and we can start it with the good news that Dad came home from the hospital on Wednesday, much to the relief of Mum....


A place for everything
Having spent Sunday night sleeping in a hairnet to protect my freshly trimmed locks, a quick pat had it back in place and saw me up and...


Chop chop
With Monday being the last day of the holiday weekend you would have thought we’d take the opportunity of a relaxing day before the...


Blooming lovely
A slightly belated happy Easter to both my readers, and I hope that you managed to pass a pleasant bank holiday with your choice of...


Keep on the sunny side
March has given way to April, but unfortunately the Director-General of the World Health Organization didn’t pop up on the 1stsaying...


Take the weather with you
The third week of the lockdown and, I am sorry to say, it is becoming increasingly more of a challenge to find things with which to pad...


A spring in your step
Whilst life in Italy is, for the most part, on hold, the same cannot be said for Mother Nature. With Friday marking the official start of...


Homeward bound
In 1959, Dinah Washington won a Grammy award for telling the world about what a difference a day makes. Those twenty-four little hours...


Something to chew on
With a large portion of northern Italy in lockdown, you might be forgiven for thinking that the spread of the coronavirus was having...





























