A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life

"I adore the spirit of Rome" - In the Shadow of a Cypress - An Italian Adventure 

Welcome to Episode #99:

Today we go on an adventure in Rome… I share some travel adventures and a few details on stayin…

"The travel journey is always an interesting paradox. To spend time navigating, being, seeing, collecting and contemplating. And haphazardly wondering about the next step. Yet, to not get carried awa…

"So this is it. I am thirty nine years old. I am sitting at a table in a medieval piazza with a black moleskine journal. I am sipping a glass of Chianti Classico. I stare at the menu with none other …

"Time in Italy seemed less linear than it was at home, more of a space waiting to be filled with whatever delights the day might bring – exquisite miniature pastries behind the etched glass of an art…

"Perfection is static, and I am in full progress" - Anais Nin

Welcome to Episode #95:

Today I go on a whimsical journey through my process! Reading and working on my book. The book is done!  Yet, I am …

"Be kind to yourself and just get going, because even if you are just writing a little bit, for a few hours a week - it adds up" - Kimberly Sullivan

Welcome to Episode #94:

Today I have a conversation …

"One's destination is never a place but a new way of looking at things" - Henry Miller

Welcome to Episode #93:

Today a share a meander through the creative landscape of writing and my process and the d…

"Ligurian cuisine is often defined as a "poor" cuisine, of humble, rough origins because it was born in the homes of fisherman and farmers who had only simple, seasonal and low-value ingredients avai…

"You have not a right, but a duty to be happy" -  Roberta Mussato

Welcome to Episode #91:  

What a privilege it is to talk to women and share their stories. Women lead such fascinating lives. I continu…

"We travel, initially to lose ourselves, and we travel, next to find ourselves" - Pico Iyer

Welcome to Episode #90:

Today I have a special conversation with Nadia Fragnito from The Vegan Italian Kitche…

"Italy was more than a subject, it was a tool of resurrection and empowerment" - Michelle Johnston

“Can a place be an archetype?  Or pertain mythical qualities?  Emily Dickinson never left her home in…

"You cannot lose what really belongs to you, even if you throw it away" -   I-Ching

Here I talk about the bitter sweet few months that have been, reflecting on life, books and events, and the books an…

"One will never forget the sudden transcendent quality of ordinary things, the glow of the fruit in its own leaves, the purple and green of artichokes with bushy tales, the delicacy of the sea creatu…

"Some things are here for our souls, not our interests, and every land has its pockets of wild. Let us leave then there for the birds, for the night watch, for the person who needs and longs for a cr…

“Cucina Povera is not just a unique approach to cooking and ingredients; it’s the highest expression of the Italian arte delle arrangiarsi - the art of making do with what you have got" - Giulia Scar…

"I travel and collect things that I love.  Memories, tastes, colours and stories. I bring them home and make the beautiful meals I had, so we can live them all over again" - Tessa Kiros, Now & Then: …

"Much testing, much reflecting, much living must intervene before we can say 'My soul is my own'"  -  Madonna Kolbenschlag,  (from) The Spiritual Sampler by Sue Monk Kidd

Welcome to Episode #83,

While …

"My grandmother always used to tell me your last name is going to bring you luck.  When people meet you it makes them happy and a little bit hungry too" - Luca Spaghetti, Un Amico Italiano -  Eat Pra…

"I just knew that I had to figure it out for myself, step by step" - Claire Hearn,  My Five Year Journey in Italy....

Welcome to Episode #81,

This week I share a conversation with Ms Britaly from Paler…

“And we are of course, each one of us, the historians of our own lives” - Hisham Matar, A Month in Siena

Welcome to Episode #80;

In this episode I share pages from ‘Italian Hours’ a travel journal I a…