My visit to Riposto on the coast for Sicily was a classic Cher adventure. I arrived by train a few hours early so I could explore. Maybe this was going to be my place – my haven in Sicily. I had my little rolling backpack which is a bit of an adventure on the old…

Dulles airport was built in the outer suburbs of Virginia in the middle of nowhere a few decades ago. This was supposed to be the airport for all those diplomats and dignitaries visiting our nation’s capital. As it turns out, if you are visiting D.C. you want to use National – which is now called…

If there is to be one word to describe the people of Sicily, I suggest the word be kindness – gentilezza (genteelEZa) – go ahead and try to pronounce it. Kind – gentile (genteelay). No, the word has nothing to do with Jews and Christian’s! There is no question that this island could use a…

It is time for me to go home. Steve is in his final days with his wife, my sister Cathy and my niece, his daughter Stephanie, by his side. Stephanie, like me, is an RN. She helps mother’s give birth, then while it is unusual, but not unheard of, also cares for the newborns. She…

I read this morning that Apple is doing away with the phone chargers that I suspect each of us have many of. The ports and the cords. When we all upgrade to a new iPhone we won’t need any of them. I already have a new iPad and Apple Watch. I am going to box…