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Category: Italy

  • Exotic Colors – Sample Chapter Number Four – and It’s Free

    If you’ve been following the Chronicles for the last three weeks you’ll know that I’ve been posting a free chapter a week for four weeks as part of an ongoing promotional campaign for my book  Any Color but Beige. Over the last year, readership and subscriptions have increased dramatically. And I hope that by giving my new readers a…

  • How Travel Can Cure Writer’s Block

    Anyone who has ever stared down a blank page and blinked first knows how devastating writer’s block can be. I’ve read several articles on the causes of it, but the best reason I’ve heard to date is actually the simplest to cure – the cause of writer’s block is a lack of fresh ideas, and…

  • Help! I’ve Run Out of Clever Travel Headlines

    But that doesn’t mean I’ve run out of travel destinations.  Look for posts from the road in January from the UK, Germany, Italy and Las Vegas. And although Vegas may not be its own country like the others, it is somewhat of a wonderland.  My goal is one post for every passport stamp. If you…

  • The Angel in the Piazza

    Do you ever get that feeling that something special is going to happen? You’re going somewhere new or different and you just know that someone or something is out there waiting for you. There’s a pervasive feeling of anticipation. It inhabits your pores. Your nerve endings are on high alert and you’re paying close attention…

  • Between Marriage and Menopause

    In the Hollywood version of “The Princess Bride”, Westley (the pirate) is resuscitated and brought back to life.  He marries his princess Buttercup and they ride off happily into the sunset.  Many years ago, when I first read William Goldman’s version of the story he explained that the ending was meant to be quite different.…