Some Site News: I have added a Search box to the sidebar. If you’ve ever wanted to search my site, now you can! Let me know if it’s helpful. Also, I have started sharing articles from my Feed Reader / Blogroll at the very bottom of the sidebar – this will change every day as [...]

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This past weekend (after recovering from the Girl Geek Dinner) we woke up to a sun that was blindingly bright and screamed “Springtime!” After another mild winter here in Italy, it’s a bit too much to hope that spring is already here, but for the weekend, we all believed it. I walked around with only [...]

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First a few announcements: For those of you who just read my feed and never visit my site – you probably didn’t notice: I did a site redesign this weekend! Take a look and tell me what you think! A Menu for Hope is in full swing, and the bids have added up to over [...]

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Halloween is around the corner. Last year, I forced Halloween on my colleagues, by buying a pumpkin and carving it, and organized a costume contest in my office. This year, since I’ve been working so much, I may not get organized in time. We’ll see today (when my colleagues may or may not guilt me [...]

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Our Sicilian hosts lived very near the beautiful Greek ruins, Segesta. The ruins were practically in their backyard! I was surprised that there were Greek ruins in Sicily so beautifully intact since the ruins at Agrigento, Sicily get the majority of the attention since they are more extensive. Segesta does not have a modern portion [...]

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