Halcyon Moments

A few days ago, November 6, I joined my neighbor to help with her friend's olive harvest.  Last November I went to pick olives for the f...

If you are a regular reader of The New York Times, you might recall this article from April, 2015, about a family in Lecce, Italy, who disco...

After my stay in Bari, I decided to go further south to reach Lecce.  If you look at a map of Italy, you will see that Lecce is located in t...

From the city of Bari, it is easy to visit both Matera and Alberobello.  I like having a guide at historical sites, so I searched online and...

With rain in the forecast and no activities in Florence, I decided to chase the sun and head south, all the way to the "heel of the boo...