We are all connected. As a New Yorker who was living and working in Manhattan on September 11, 2001, today, I remember. I don’t like to talk much about it. But what I do like to recall are the days and weeks afterwards, when people were so kind to each other. We understood that we…
Category: Art, Ceramics, Music
Dance the Tarantella with me this Sunday in Tappan, NY
Whenever I have an opportunity to dance, I take it! This one was in May, during our Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below tour when we were at Villa Palagonia in Bagheria, Sicily. You don’t have to be in Sicily or wait until May 2020 for our next tour to dance a tarantella…
Baroque Balcony In Ragusa
Balcony with musician at center, Ragusa
Bring Your Spirit To Sicily In May 2020 With Us
I feel so honored to be learning from wellness practitioner Tony Allicino! Here we are in May at the magnificent Teatro Andromeda in Sicily. Bringing our tour group here was a dream come true. From May 25 to June 6, 2020, we’ll be journeying through Sicily once again. Bring your spirit and join us! Read…
Hypnotized In Siracusa’s Piazza del Duomo
Ortigia’s Piazza del Duomo seduces me with her beauty, but then, when she adds in the harmonies and melodies of an accordion player, I’m hypnotized.
Sicily’s Symbol The Trinacria
The Trinacria, pictured, always intrigues! It is the symbol of Sicily that you’ll see on its flag and depicted in various forms all over the island. Three legs joined at the center is an ancient symbol, one that also appears on the coat of arms of the Isle of Man, a island in the Irish…
Another Staircase In Caltagirone
Entrance to shop in Caltagirone, Sicily
Sicily’s Legend Of Colapesce
The Sicilian legend of Colapesce was illustrated beautifully during the 2019 Archi di Pasqua of San Biagio Platani. Colapesce is a hero in Sicilians’ eyes. Born Nicola di Messina, the name Colapesce is rooted in Cola from Nicola and Pesce, fish. Colapesce was nicknamed so because he was an apt swimmer who could hold his…
Peacocks From Roger II’s Hall In The Norman Palace
The original mosaic artwork from Sicilian King Roger II’s Hall in the Palazzo dei Normanni (12th century) in Palermo and the print copying it, created by Gioaria di Marilena Trovato. I can’t wait to hang this art in my home with the others in the set I purchased in the Norman Palace.
Tarantella In Baroque Sicily
If I could have been anywhere last night, I would have been in the UNESCO town of Scicli (pictured), dancing the pizzica tarantella and tracing out with all the other tarantate at the Taranta Sicily Fest. *sigh* Another time!