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Blogosphere, Sunday Shout-out, WRITING · September 27, 2009

Sunday Shout-out: italyMONDO!

    It  is with great pleasure that I introduce my last Campania blogger as part of this September’s Sunday Shout-out feature. Did you think you had discovered all the Campania bloggers out there? Think again! Let me introduce you to the italyMONDO! Blog, where you can read about ...

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Amalfi Coast, Blogosphere, Costiera Amalfitana, FOOD & DRINK, What's On · September 26, 2009

O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness

  This month the wonderful and resourceful Michelle from Bleeding Espresso and Sara of Ms. Adventures in Italy are hosting the 2nd Annual O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness. The idea is to share a recipe that either begins or ends with an O as a way of bringing attention to Ovarian ...

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Nature, Out and About, Ravello · September 25, 2009

Out & About: More Mystery Flowers on the Amalfi Coast

    The last time I posted a photo of some mystery flowers here on Ciao Amalfi several of my lovely readers quickly came to the rescue with the name of the flowers (Bottle Brush) and some great stories. Welcome to round two!   The other day I was dashing through the gardens at ...

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Salerno · September 23, 2009

La Festa di San Matteo in the Rain

When I stepped off the boat in Salerno the rain was gently falling and I realized I was not at all where I thought I was. Perhaps it was due to the maltempo, or bad weather, but the boat I was on from Amalfi stopped at the Molo Manfredi instead of the Porto Turistico in Salerno. The problem being ...

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Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi. Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi.
Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who sha Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who shared with me a little bit about her experience with breast cancer. It’s a topic that has been on my mind a great deal lately, as it is like clockwork every six months as I go through my usual round of check ups. She spoke so gently and simply about how when she looks back on the experience now she sees all the gifts that it brought her - something that hit me on a profound level. Gifts. 

I don’t know exactly why I’ve hung on to this little appointment card from Tuesday, June 15, 2021. It was for my first ultrasound where the breast cancer was found. It’s not exactly the sort of thing to be sentimental over. Looking at it today—three years later—and feeling very grateful for everything being clear and good after the latest tests, I thought of this song. This card is a little souvenir of a terrible year. But, after that recent conversation, I realized that I don’t look back at it that way anymore. Because it was also a colorful year in so many ways. Maybe I’ve hung onto it because I needed to realize that the biggest gift I can give myself is to remember the gifts. Thanks, Sally! 💙
The number of directions I went in today felt some The number of directions I went in today felt something like this ceramic tile pattern in the Duomo of Amalfi. And just as lovely!
These beautiful June days remind me of being on Ca These beautiful June days remind me of being on Capri last summer and finally visiting @villalysis. One of the most splendidly serene places I’ve been to in Campania. 💙
What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bo What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bougainvillea against the deep blue sky, the screams of swifts swirling above the Cathedral early in the morning, the way the air is still a little cool before the sun rises over town, the rows of colorful beach umbrellas, the way the scent of our neighbor’s jasmine suddenly arrives inside our home, the return of friends who come in the summer, and warm walks along the sea after dark. 

I love having a birthday in June. But since I will be back in Nebraska with family for my birthday later this month (for the first time in years! 🎉), I’m making sure I really sit and notice everything I love about this month in Amalfi. And, yes, I’m one of those people who stretches out birthday celebrations for as long as possible! 💙
Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi! Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi!
A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful l A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful little book by André Aciman (@acimanandre) set on the Amalfi Coast. Read more in my latest newsletter, including some lovely vintage postcards of Positano and Praiano (link in bio).
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