My ticket is booked and paid for. I say these words to myself, (and to pretty much anyone else I can pin down) with emotions that streak from thrill to fear in seconds. This MS woman is going to Italy. The dogged determination and kindness of friends will drag my wobbly ass across the ocean to the country that has filled my mind and heart with wonder since my days at Cap College under the spell of the Goddess of Art History, my friend Josephine. So missed.
Julie: “Listen. You have to come. This might be the last time…. I mean… ah… erm… This will be an awesome trip and we will all be there to… uh… Well, you are coming. That’s that.”
I think of past large scale paintings I have done, and present intimate journal sketching I am doing. Ambitions at the mercy of body. I remember my New Year’s resolution – Fear out – Faith in. Holy Crap, it is working. Could I really do it?
I laugh….. I suspect she is a little wrong, though. I think this trip will be the first. If I can’t belly up to the big canvasses just yet, I have other dreams to pursue.
I have Carnets des Voyages to fill. 🙂
It will be a trip of a lifetime! Anywhere you are in Italy our eyes will be feasting on beauty. I’m excited to see how inspired you are when you get home. Your (he)art will soar to new heights!
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I’ll be doing scooter twirls in every piazza I can find!
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Shredding the gnar Italian style!
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way to go girl!!
you will be amazed and inspired
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Couldn’t do it without my “Free and Easy Wanderer” tonic from you, Mary – Herbalist Supreme!!
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wow wow wow! you are going to ITALY! super duper! do you have a pal there? imagine how great it will be. for how long? wowowowowowow.
good for you, bella! 🙂 can’t wait to see your work from the trip!
xo
sandy p
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A friend who is doing a culinary tour – I’ll be posting all about it!
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Sheryl, how absolutely thrilling! Good for you! xo
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Ginny – thank you so much – if I bring back any photos that are even a fraction as lovely as your Paris shots, I’ll be very happy! xo
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You are going to love Italy!
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Yes, well – your blunt statement that you would kill me if I didn’t go is also a mighty motivator. 🙂
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How exciting, what a wonderful trip, I will look forward to seeing your posts. Karen
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Thank you Karen – there will be posts!!
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Lots of love your way, Sheryl
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Fantastic to hear your news. No need to say have a great trip – it will be!!!!!
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Thanks, Leonie!!!
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You will do it….it will be full of wonder!!
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So many good wishes to propel me… I am very lucky, I know.
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What’s the date for your Fresco exhibit at the Creek Gallery Sheryl?
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To Be Determined, Laurie!! xox
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HURRAH!!!! yay you! It will be FAB…I lived and worked in Milan in the late 80’s and every day you must remember to pinch yourself!!! Happy trails!
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Thanks, Steph! I wish I had backpacked around Europe in the 80’s – but now I must do it with a travel scoot. I have a few extra issues to deal with, but hey there is no waiting around with MS ! AND I found out I get in free and straight to the front of the line for all museums. Bonus!!!
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Aahh, La Bella Italia! Wish I was going with you…I felt ‘at home’ there…I think I have Italian in my blood. Looking forward to your postings, and especially hearing about the food!!! Cheers. :O)
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I’ll be based here… http://kitchenculinaire.com/join-us-in-italy/ !!
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Aah, Sheryl, I’ve just spent some time looking at Kitchen Culinaire and the Messors site as well. I DO wish I was there…my kinda country, definitely. For you, it will be an artistic opportunity, a photographic opportunity and, I presume, a chance to perhaps do some art restoration work as well. The Italians certainly know how to live…yes, I DO have Italian blood in me. I will be with you in spirit. Enjoy your trip! ;O)
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Thanks so much!!
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Wondrous works! Keep it up!
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Thank you very much, Sarang!
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My pleasure
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[…] in mid-Sep, enriched with art restoration activities, to Puglia, in the heel of Italy. Her post, Carnet de Voyage, explains it all. I checked out the link to Kitchen Culinaire, her Vancouver friend whose tour she […]
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Thanks so much, Janina – I am currently sweating over my pile of art supplies trying to whittle it down… right now it is a mountain of Absolutely Necessary Things that needs to be at least one fifth its size!! 🙂
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It’s really happening!!!!! Pack light… You’ll need space for all those gorgeous Italian art supplies!
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Sandra says the oldest art supply store in the Western world is in Florence – I wonder what we can find in Rome??
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http://www.spottedbylocals.com/rome/ditta-g-poggi/
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Awesome!!! Top of my list.. !!
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