Food Glorious Food - Please Sir, Can I Have More?
Well, this is the one you’ve been waiting for. Three months in Italy . . . you HAVE to talk about the food! And yes, it has not disappointed. In. The. Least. The food truly is a top reason to come here. And I’m not going to just tell you about it. Today’s photos will prove my point. I missed snapping most of our meals, but there were MANY times the camera had to eat first. Prepare to enjoy some Italian foodtography! So the first thing we noticed on our first day was the tas
Never Too Late to Translate . . . or is it?
OK, so before we get started, no sarcastic comments about our naivety, no “what were you thinking,” no rolling of eyes. Way back when, when we booked our villa in Nesso Italy, our charming hosts gave us what sounded like a reasonable tip. They said Nesso wasn’t like Como, or Bellagio, or other more tourist-focused villages. Nesso was quieter, and a typical hamlet where the majority of people did not speak English. They recommended we learn some Italian. Our quiet, but beaut
Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone
I’ve been trying to lose that “five . . . ten . . . seven” extra pounds for about four years now. Some kind of workout and yoga almost every day, alternating arm and leg strength-training days, walks and bike rides. Watching calories and eating nutritiously. Then the morning scale time comes and the same response- “C’mon, seriously?” It’s just gotten so hard! Unless, you are living in Nesso, Italy. Ladies and gentlemen, I finally hit that target number, and it’s all due to
Go Jump In The Lake!
Well, we did. Jumped in the lake I mean. First we did it because we just had to- we have a dock, it’s Lake Como, what choice did we have?...
A Love Letter to Lake Como
As the days go by, the one constant is the breath-taking view of Lake Como, and it doesn’t get old. Every morning, every evening, we...
Getting Our Feet Wet in Lake Como
Time for a writing pivot! I still care about the same things- family, adoption, helping unhoused pregnant women, transformational...
Office With A View
If you have to sit on hold, listening to benign elevator music, waiting to talk to the insurance company, you might as well be looking at...
Spring Is Springing
Suddenly it’s that time of year again and it’s catching me by surprise. Last spring was the time when the world shut down. All gears...
People Are People Are People
by Lorri Antosz Benson Initially written for ConsideringAdoption.com June 2020 Just when you thought we might have enough controversy...
Why I Turned Down My Sister's Offer To Adopt My Baby
Excerpted from a post on AmericanAdoptions.com . . . This was when my sister back home offered to adopt my unborn child. That phone call...
