NURTURE – NATURE – NOURISH NARRATIVES
After stumbling across a photographic watermark internet sight I decided it was time to purchase a watermark that would “pop” on my photographs, the sight has calligraphy artists around the world that offer options for the style of logo you can choose. The artist then gets busy, sends you a copy of their interpretation and […]
Let me take you back to April 2004, I came to Antibes, South of France, to sign up with the then approximately 30 crew agents based here so that they could find me a job as stewardess on a yacht. I did not care if it was sail or motor, private or charter, I was […]
In February each year, Viareggio launches its Carnivale di Burlamacco on the general public and the holiday makers that happen to be in town. The carnival lasts for 3 weeks and each weekend the parade of floats is seen making its way down the passigato in super-sized technicolour. The Carnival originated at the end of […]
ANIMATION – ‘ I get by with a little help from my friends’… When working on my yachts I find myself watching my beloved collection of animated movies to relieve the pressure of being away and being confined. I guess animation also touches my heart as in a conversation I had with my brother, he […]
Seems like 2020 starts off as a novel written by Stephen King !! In Italy there have been 230 555 cases to date with 32 955 deaths, the peak being 919 deaths on Friday 27th March out of a population of 60 million people. My personal opinion is that the population of Italy is predominantly […]
A time of grace In February 2020 after having returned from the Antarctic where peace and quiet is the norm I was excited to come back to my husband, our new rental apartment and life in Italy. Morning coffee with a brioche con crema and evening appero with the tasty petite snacks. So began our […]
With a little time on my hands and the desire to increase my Italian cultural knowledge, I enrolled in the local cooking school in Imperia. On the student menu was Dolce…. ah, so we were going to learn all about desserts, pastries and cakes. I showed up a little before the class started and slowly […]
When you are the wife of a husband who can walk till his feet smoke, you have to keep up. I have never paid much attention to wearing a good pair of walking shoes, low cost sneakers would do each year till I started feeling that very painful condition called plantar fasciitis (itis being the […]
When I turned 15 our family was lucky enough to charter a sail boat called Dabulamanzi (cut through the water in Zulu) in the Seychelles. Dad had been invited to do a yacht delivery the previous year from the Seychelles to Durban. Mom flew to the Seychelles for a short holiday with him before he […]
The little tomboy in the middle is me picnicking with Mom and Dad – two water babies side by side. The Vaal dam days were blissful. Imagine the added happiness when a dam(n) romance began. I remember the night……. the log fire was burning and around it sat the youngsters, about 16 years old […]
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