Photos by Ellen's husband Frank.                                         Ellen came over before heading to stay with her elderly cousin on the…

                         After months of living in a cute cracker-box studio in Paris, French husband and I found a large, bourgeois-style apartment by the Bastille. Since the rent was tres cher (very expensive,…

                     Their romance was that of a young girl's dream- love letters, candle light, tenderness and many midnight star gazing. Swooning under the moonlight, she tied their dreams, side by side amongst the…

                                When my ancestors traveled from Portugal to the Azores Islands during the thirteen century,  I was with them.  I was under their skin, living within their cells, intertwined…

  Photo Via Tee Shirt   Just too funny not to share.

  The way I find happiness?   Taking time to be with another. Listening not only to words, but what is inside of someone's hearts (feelings), hands (what they are carrying) and their movements (what are they doing). Trying to…