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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants ~ Epictetus

  • Isolation Cookery

    Friends and a well-stocked pantry save the day. Read more

  • Back in Italy: postcard from Salerno

    We arrived in Rome on Sunday and immediately headed south by train to Salerno, a working port city at the bottom of the Amalfi Coast. We had visited over night, in 2010 on our way south to Sicily, to break the trip down the length of the peninsula. This visit gave us another chance to… Read more

  • Creativity: it’s all around us

    “Why is it important to be creative?” This is the question posed by my local writing group as a blog post topic. I’ve thought about creativity for most of my life. I am the third of six children and early on I realised that my siblings could do thing I couldn’t, like draw,  dance, make… Read more

  • Inspired by Adelaide

    I’ve recently joined an Adelaide-based writing group whose moderator has suggested we write about the city we live in as a source of inspiration for our creative work. So here goes. Adelaide is my adopted home. I grew up in a small town outside of Philadelphia in a multicultural environment with Italian, English, Irish and… Read more

  • A simple meal (in memory of my mother)

    Last night’s dinner was a quick one before I had to go out. It was what we like to call the ‘Louise memorial’ meal. Louise Pergolini Tucker was my mother and she passed away 11 years ago. A few days before her birthday my husband Andrew and I went out to the Booths Corner Farmers… Read more

  • Postcard from Latvia — week two

    The warm welcome will always be with us. Read more

  • Postcard from Latvia — week one

    Thoroughly enchanted by Latvia … Read more

  • On the road again…

    Roo and I are off again tomorrow.  This time to southern Italy, Berlin and Latvia (with a side trip to Tallinn, Estonia). Ten weeks in all.  A highlight will be visiting Roo’s family in Latvia for the first time. None of the Bekeris (Beķers) family have returned since his father left during WWII. Thanks to… Read more

  • Emerging stronger – my mother, time and love

    She smiled quickly, listened completely and cared deeply. Read more

  • Lord Howe Island getaway

    Warning. This is no cheap-and-cheerful, boozy, disco nights, cheap massage, trinket-buying beach destination. For a holiday to Lord Howe Island, you save up then savour the serenity. My husband saw a photo of Lord Howe Island back in the mid 1980s, not long before we met. We both love to travel and over the years… Read more