243. A “Rome-day”

Slowly but surely during my childhood years, I acquired a deep admiration for Europe and everything European  – lifestyle, food and gardening combined with all the gorgeous fabrics and furniture, coffee in cozy cafés, tea in dainty cups and teapots with tea cozies insulating the brew to stretch the ritual of a culture that celebrated creativity…

62. Surely it will come.

[Revelation 18] We are in the first days of a new year. Something new is such a delight. There is deep satisfaction in the idea of new. A clean start, a new beginning, something different and fresh, redesigned, renewed, restored – an inspiring thought. We have just relived the days of Christmas again. On that…