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Blue Zones Around the World

Today I wanted to take a tour of the places around the world where people live the longest. I hope to give you a brief description of each Blue Zone and a look at what ties them together and what different solutions they have towards living long-lives.  Come follow...

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Resilience

Resilience

It seems that we are in for a difficult year, everyone, everything  as we sit in a historic moment right here taking place in front of our eyes.  All schools are closed and I can’t go to my normal 9 to 5 job in a local middle school and all my other teaching...

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Back to work

Back to work

Wow, what an amazing two months in America that was.  It was the longest time that I have spent in the US for years and it gave us the chance to enjoy, at a slower pace, all the things and people we love in Virginia.  There was also time for Country Living School and...

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Tessitura…mi amour or weaving my love

Tessitura…mi amour or weaving my love

  The year 2018 has been very rich in terms of the things learned, of the awareness acquired in fields that at that time were unknown for us.  I marvel when I think of how many things there are to learn or just be aware of and time never seems to enough.  That’s...

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Wine Harvest 2019

Wine Harvest 2019

Recently, we’ve been giving more and more thought about moving back to the United States.  I miss places, friends and family and I would love if my own children got to spend a couple years going to school in America.  We are also keeping our hearts and minds open to...

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Psss…..The secret of great tomato sauce

Psss…..The secret of great tomato sauce

The tomato harvest The secret for great tomato sauce:   Cook it for an exceedingly painful, long time and harvest the tomatoes when they are at their reddest, a bright lollypop type red.  It’s amazing the quantity of tomatoes needed to make enough sauce to feed our...

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