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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Arriviamo

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Voliamo

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Palermo: Velocita cibo

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Palermo: Pertoria Fountain or Fontana della Vergogna (Fountain of Shame)

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Palermo: High Baroque

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The Cathedral of Monreale

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Too soon

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Homemade Limone Granite

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Making color: From vino rosso

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Porto di Sciacca: Sky and sea from our window

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Pranzo: Wine tasting and Arancini

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SICILIA 2014: MARCH 1-12

Returning to Sicilia
Thinking of making art
Up the stairs to carnevale
Wine and sausage
Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Some floats
Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: And more floats
Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: And still more floats
Sunday in the rain and Pranzo
Joe and Michelle arrive with Re cousins
Part 1: "Acquazzone" (downpour) then pesce per cena
Part 2: "Acquazzone" (downpour) then pesce per cena
Part 3: "Acquazzone" (downpour) then pesce per cena
Part 1: Famiglia in Sicilia
Part 2: Famiglia in Sicilia
Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: More floats
Part 3: Famiglia in Sicilia
Part 4: Famiglia in Sicilia
Eraclea Minoa
Valle dei Templi
Pesce for cena with la Famiglia
Saturday Bazaar and lunchtime picnic
Joe and Michelle meet Peppe Nappa
Arrivedeci Joe and Michelle
Tiles from the shore
Part 1: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014
Part 2: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: The Puio Solo...
Part 3: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014
Part 4: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Upside down
Part 5: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Polipi Boilito
Part 6: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Loro?
Part 7: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Peppe Nappa
Part 8: Carnevale di Sciacca 2014: Finale
Our first visit to the beach
Where do those tracks go?
Fava time!
Bucato a mano!
Picnic and drawing out on the banchina
Pasta with saffron and anchovies
Finds of the day (actually evening)
Morning in the Port

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 12

Part 1: Caltagirone: Arriving
Part 2: Caltagirone: Shop and studio of "Silva"
Part 3: Caltagirone: Meeting "Silva"
Part 4: Caltagirone: Some work by "Silva"
Part 5: Caltagirone: Up the scala
Part 6: Caltagirone: Some stair tiles
Part 7: Caltagirone: More stair tiles
Part 8: Caltagirone: The uncharted road back

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 13

Busy morning in the Port (even in dry dock)
A lazy day in Sciacca
Up to Castel Luna
Back to La Grotta for pizze

ROMA 2014: MARCH 14-17

Part 1: Roma per mi compleanno: Getting there
Part 2: Roma per mi compleanno: Foro and Colosseo
Part 3: Roma per mi compleanno: Victorio Emanuele...
Part 4: Roma per mi compleanno: To the Trevi and...
Part 5: Roma per mi compleanno: The Rodin exhibit (1)
Part 6: Roma per mi compleanno: The Rodin exhibit (2)
Part 7: Roma per mi compleanno: To the Quirinale
Part 8: Roma per mi compleanno: The Pantheon
Part 9: Roma per mi compleanno: Compleanno cena
Part 10: Roma per mi compleanno: To Saint Peters
Part 11: Roma per mi compleanno: Ponte Saint Angelo
Part 12: Roma per mi compleanno: Campidoglio and the ancient capital
Part 13: Roma per mi compleanno: The way home (Sciacca)

SiCILIA 2014: MARCH 18-19

Cappuccini interupus
Cianciana: Festival of Saint Joseph (1)
Cianciana: Festival of Saint Joseph (2)
Cianciana: Festival of Saint Joseph (3)
Cianciana: Festival of Saint Joseph (4)

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 20-21

Mare giorni
Making color: On the beach from rusty metal (1)
Artichoke feast
Homemade Limone Granite
Finding Sciacca Mare: It's just over there... (1)
Finding Sciacca Mare: Follow me... (2)
Finding Sciacca Mare: Found the mother load... (3)
Finding Sciacca Mare: Looks like... (4)
Finding Sciacca Mare: Time for lunch... (5)
Finding Sciacca Mare: Making a sculpture... (6)
Finding Sciacca Mare: The "other" way back... (7)
Pranzo and a lazy afternoon

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 22

Making color: Rusty metal (2)
Making color: Arancia sangue and vino rosso
Making color: Arancia sangue (1)
Making color: Arancia sangue (2)
Making color: Beach charcoal (1)
Making color: Beach charcoal (2)
Mussels again, YES!

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 23

Sunday love from Bar Charlie
Making color: Purple
Making color: Pink

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 23-24

Part 1: Famiglia weekend: Erice and Marsala
Part 2: Famiglia weekend: Erice and Marsala
Part 3: Famiglia weekend: Erice and Marsala
Part 4: Famiglia weekend: Erice and Marsala
Part 5: Famiglia weekend: Erice and Marsala

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 24-25

Back to Sciacca and the beach
Joey carves some heads
Marmalata from Tanina for colazione
Baccala
Part 1: Passeggiare: Up the stairs
Part 2: Passeggiare: Piazza to Ventimiglia Palace
Part 3: Passeggiare: Chiesa del Collegio
Part 4: Passeggiare: Tile art on benches
Part 5: Passeggiare: What! Lavanderia!
Part 6: Passeggiare: Through Porta Palermo
Part 7: Passeggiare: Via Ovidio to Cafe Dante
Part 8: Passeggiare: Vecchio Sciacca train station...
Spada pesce and patate for cena (first a movie)

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 26

Making color: Colored sprinkles?
Part 1: See that cape? Heading out
Part 2: See that cape? Slight detour
Part 4: See that cape? Fording a stream...
Part 3: See that cape? Tower
Part 5: See that cape? Back on the shore
Part 6: See that cape? Looking back on Scaicca
Part 7: See that cape? We're here!
Part 8: See that cape? The road back
Part 9: See that cape? Sta attento!
Spada e fava per cena

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 27

Tempesta
Joey: Playing with clay
Pranzo: Wine tasting and Arancini
Porto di Sciacca: Sky and sea from our window
Making color: From vino rosso

SICILIA 2014: MARCH 28

Homemade Limone Granite
Too soon

SICILIA 2012: FEBRUARY

Planning notes
The packing list and my aching back
In transit from Canaan to Sciacca
On arrival
Going back to La Grotta
Joey meets a ceramic artist
Finding WiFi
Exploring
Gathering pigment
On the ceramic stairs
Picnic by the Porto
Festival of the Madonna
Ceramic wall tiles
Out and about
Giuliette Normanna passageway tiles
Joey walks the jetties
Out Porta Palermo
Stairs: Drawing with Nature
Domenica
Monday morning walk
Pesce on the jetty
Through the Rhabbat to Castlo Luna
Up to San Calogero
Bar Charlie and the postcard
Olive groves and Sovareto beach
Shopping in the rain
Cooking (and an Italiano hair cut)
Le Casette: Drawing with Nature
Along the beach worlds pass by
Valentine's Day
Bentivegna and Friscia
Caltabellotta on a cold day
Rest, art and a funeral
But our dreams would
Amazing Saturday Rhabbat marketplace
Coda della Volpe
Pasta con cavolfiore
Red coral Sunday camminare
Churches, jail and elephants
Hunting Carnevale 2012
Up the western coast
Eraclea Minoa
Cianciana
A very nice day in Sciacca
Fa brutto Tempo: Drawing with Nature
Back to the beach, searching for 2007 Carnevale site, dinner and Art Cafe Sciacca photo-op
A peaceful place, young artists and seafood stew
Finding Filippo Benitvegna
The rest of this beautiful day
Drying clothes Sciacca style
Our last day in Sciacca
The way back
Postscript: Ceramic tiles of Sciacca (Part I)
Postscript: Ceramic tiles of Sciacca (Part II)
Postscript: La Ferrovia tunnel in Sciacca
Postscript: Grazie mille

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