Blogs
What Is a Must Do?
By Carla
Sitting on the stone wall of the Arno River and lazily watching the crowds of people stride, walk, run, and push in front of us, Rick and I heard a Dad speak. With an elevated voice, possibly out of desperation, he barked, “We must see this. Stop complaining”. We noticed that he was responding back […] Why Not Read More?
Day Tripper to La-la-la Land
By Rick
In 1980, John Lennon was interviewed in Playboy about his song Day Tripper. Rumors were that the song was about tripping on acid. John corrected the reporter with “Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right. Usually on a ferry boat or something. But it was kind of you know, you’re a […] Why Not Read More?
Unopened Seed Packets
By Carla
Back to Jeanette. We had a decidedly in depth conversation with her in Cortona. Discussing why someone has a “must do” list and how to make your own plans instead of someone else’s itinerary. But she also brought up another thought. When Jeanette came to Italy as a student, she was a tour guide in […] Why Not Read More?
Procrastinator and Perfectionist
By Rick
I woke up and wrote a jingle on Leonardo da Vinci today…the ultimate polymath. Mysterious and remote….inventor, painter, sculptor and anatomist…… da Vinci….Architect, pilot, mathematician and botanist….daVinci…. He painted the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper and the Vetruvian Man, if anyone can draw it, Leonardo can. Could this dude draw! When left handed Leonardo was […] Why Not Read More?
Learning Curve
By Carla
Sitting on my favorite stone wall overlooking the Arno River and the ancient Ponte Vecchio bridge, I am happy as a clam because I am reading. And pondering. Our incredible time in Florence is about to come to an end. I am so saddened and disheartened that I must leave this special place. As Frances […] Why Not Read More?
Left Unfinished
By Rick
Today we leave Florence. It was our first place to live seasonally. Like the first taste of Bluebell Homemade Vanilla ice Cream, there was a sweet, overwhelming pleasure to Florence that may never be replaced. We must remember to not compare, but savor every location for its own unique sensory awakenings. Each place should be […] Why Not Read More?
Discovering B&B’s
By Carla
Meeting up with old friends that we had not seen in a few years, we sat down with our coffees and began to catch up. It would be wonderful to have them back in our lives again, so the questions began and the life stories began to unravel. And travel was discussed immediately. We each […] Why Not Read More?
Living Over the Rainbow
By Carla
“Human society would be like an idealistic couple forever getting tired of one place and changing their residence regularly once every three months, for the simple reason that no one place is ideal and the place where one is not seems always better because one is not there.” This is noted in the first few […] Why Not Read More?
Restored in Cortona
By Rick
While we would love for all of you to consider living seasonally as a lifestyle, this rational decision is strictly up to you. Decisions are easy. We get tangled up in family, work, community, important obligations and find ourselves in what we call “oblig” situations. OBLIG-atory reminds me of the SNL skit of Black Jeopardy […] Why Not Read More?
Creating Camaraderie
By Carla
Taking a road trip through southern Montana and northern Wyoming, we marveled at our exquisite surroundings as we sat at the campfire beside our camping cabins in Cook City, Montana. A glass of wine, a warm fire (it was 52 degrees), and gazing up at the rock formations directly above us, filled with snowpack, made […] Why Not Read More?
Pueblos Blancos
By Rick
The year is winding down and we are venturing off to the Pueblos Blancos, or White Villages. It is fitting that we jam in as much travel into the calendar year as possible. Perched like white ornaments across the hillside of Spain, we journeyed to Grazalema and Zahares to absorb culture and cadence. The first […] Why Not Read More?
How I Did It – Purge, That Is…
By Carla
Living in Florida, a friend of ours prattled on about their collections one evening while we drank wine in their backyard. Our daughters were young, and they, too, had begun to collect stuffed pandas and white tigers. And Rick had begun collecting corkscrews with his dad. So we enjoyed a lively exchange of the love […] Why Not Read More?
Two Humans Rise to their Full Potential
By Rick
As we stroll down the Arno River on a morning walk, Carla and I took a deep breath and talked about what living seasonally means to us. We were holding hands…again. While we have relatives in the US calling us hobos like the old Red Skelton routine of Clem Kadiddlehopper, we prefer professional vagabonds. Or […] Why Not Read More?
House by Christmas?
By Carla
Not everyone needs a gap year or years. It makes so much sense for us and this was a great transition period for Rick and me. But we had several factors happening in our lives and not everyone, heck, maybe no one, has the same life events going on. And many people don’t even understand […] Why Not Read More?
Expectations are the Anchor, Not the Engine
By Carla
Expectations are the anchor, not the engine. Our yoga instructors at Corepower Yoga would consistently drop truths on us to ponder during our yoga hours at the studio. One of our favorite teachers was coping with the recent diagnosis that her mother had Alzheimer’s. She noted that the doctor sat her and her dad down […] Why Not Read More?
Being Silly in Seville
By Rick
Living in one country and talking numerous days trips has become a part of our regular travel habit. Today we journeyed to Seville, sprawling cultural api-center of two million Spaniards. I was humming The Shady Dame from Sevilla, our favorite song from Victor Victoria. We restaged the famous scene featuring Robert Preston at a gift […] Why Not Read More?
Secrets to our Personal Past
By Rick
We have tuned in our purpose of traveling to grow, learn, entertain, curate stories and discover more secrets for Carla’s Living Seasonally quest. If the opportunity presents itself, go to Rome and live there for a month. There is so much to see. So much beauty, so much history and so many secrets. Go to […] Why Not Read More?
