We are now in our third month of lockdown in a tiny, deserted ski resort in Monte Rosa, Northern Italy. One of the highlights of lockdown life has been wildlife sightings in deserted cities and boy, do I have a treat for you! Here in Staffal, Mother Nature has bestowed upon us some very rareContinue reading “Lockdown Life – How The Greatest Rock Climber in the Alps was Saved by the Hunter King & a Poacher”
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Our First Taste of Freedom on Star Wars Day!
Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You!) had special significance for us this year. It was the day that the coronavirus lockdown in Italy was relaxed to the extent that we are allowed to go Out-Out. As in Out Properly. On a jaunt. We can now walk and exercise outside and drive togetherContinue reading “Our First Taste of Freedom on Star Wars Day!”
Waggy Tales Dog Blog: Review of Pups on Piste – A Ski Season in Italy
Thank you so much to Lou at Waggy Tales Book Review & Dog Blog for her review of my latest book, Pups on Piste – A Ski Season in Italy. In summary, Lou says; “Pups on Piste is a humorous and incredibly informative factual account of the family’s exploits in a small Italian resort, wellContinue reading “Waggy Tales Dog Blog: Review of Pups on Piste – A Ski Season in Italy”
A Lockdown Lesson for the Environment as Earth Day Turns 50
“He is much more happy that at ease contemplates the universe as his own, and in it the sun and stars, the pleasing meadows, shades, groves, green banks, stately trees, flowing springs and the wanton windings of a river, than he that with fire and sword disturbs the world, and measures his possessions by theContinue reading “A Lockdown Lesson for the Environment as Earth Day Turns 50”
World Wide Walkies 