The brilliant yellow specks you see on the hills now are the genista shrubs, some grow up to two meters! The genista reminds me of Leo Lionni, who always would come back after his six months in New York to Tuscany during this time of year.…

Feelings of gratitude prevail when you think about what is going on in the world today... After the monsoon-like pelting rain, the tiny park they completed in this area right before the elections was thoroughly washed to a brilliantly brig…