Writing from the U.S. and from Bramasole, my home in Tuscany, I'll share my ventures out into the world, news from home, good advice, recipes, and links.
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Summer Nights Ensue...
Social life in a small Tuscan town makes me think of my father’s expression, “This will kill the weak and cripple the mighty.” Hard to grasp the round of “come for drinks,” “let’s have lunch,” or best of all, dinners under the stars in a mo...
A Tuscan Kitchen
Many, many thanks for all the good wishes that came to me after my surprise holiday in the local hospital. I was cheered immensely by the kind and thoughtful messages here, on Instagram, and email. As I mentioned in my last missive, I had n...
Letto 28
This gorgeous Saturday morning, I am writing from one of the most sublime landscapes in the world—the hills around Montepulciano, where the vineyards are in full frisson of spring green.
But I didn’t come for the views, or the appealing re...
Rites of Spring
In Tuscany, the first of May is BIG—a national holiday celebrating workers but even more so the declaration of spring. Everyone is out. Cortona is thronged with weekenders, mostly Italians who take this day as the initiation into summer. Ti...
ExPat Cats
We have sold our US house and put everything in storage. If that was not hurdle enough, we arranged to have Fitzgerald (Fitzy) and Sonny Man flown to Italy for a new life here. We arrived all together on 20 April, so they’ve had two days to...
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Frances has written about place and travel and home across many books. Formerly a university professor and poet, she began writing prose when she bought an abandoned villa in Tuscany. Check her website for extensive info.
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