This last week I’ve been on a self-care trip that was planned the last year of my mom’s life. I just finished a one week painting retreat in Umbria, and this weekend I am meeting a friend in Rome to spend a few days on the coast. Today is Sophia Loren’s 90th birthday and is therefore an unofficial national holiday. Sophia’s famous quote is:
“Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.”
Sunday is the Fall Equinox, when the Northern and Southern hemispheres are in balance … when day and night are equal. Now the days will shorten and the nights will lengthen in the Northern hemisphere. We feel an autumnal chill here in the hilltop ancient town of Citta della Pieve. While here, I visited our host’s ancient home. The main part of the house is the medieval era, the ‘wine cellar’ was perhaps catacombs, and below that is an Etruscan tomb where you can still see the marks of the tools on the walls where the cave was carved out 3000 years ago. Standing in a space like that certainly puts things in perspective. The ‘new’ addition was from the 1800s. Time has a different meaning here.
I’ll be flying home on Wednesday, and will share photos from my trip then. I’ve been painting for a week and I am a happy camper! I hope you have also had a creative weekend, looking forward to the change of seasons.
Looking forward to sharing my inspirations with all of you!
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
Travel/Quilt Dates:
Sept 15-25 – Painting Retreat – Tuscany
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – Houston Quilt Festival
Nov 13 – Canada Zoom Lecture
December 5-13 – Textile & Costume Tour – Italy. Alpine Xmas Market Extension Dec 13-15.
Jan 21 – Visions Museum Zoom Lecture
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