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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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...
Real Ink
Moving causes all sorts of upheavals. As I wrote last week, I’ve been going through boxes of letters, journals, diaries—an emotional marathon! But what emerged is an immense appreciation for what is handwritten. The stamps, old addresses, t...
Markers
Where there was something, now I see emptiness. Like all major transitions, the place you’re moving away from begins to dissolve and the vibrant life you’re anticipating still feels out of reach. Like the moment when the graduation mortarbo...
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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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