1. Meet The Reluctant Weaver Myrna was unhappy. She had travelled all the way to Tuscany in search of chocolate and luxury but today she was squatting on a low stool learning how to weave a basket. Wasn’t this something mental patients did in occupational therapy? She kept this thought to herself. She tried to […]
One night we made collages on our dining room table, here are some of the results [metaslider id=1378]
We visit the Textile Museum in Prato, Malo teaches us how to make baskets , we make pasta with Luciano, visit siena and dine with Elettra and Andreas [metaslider id=1341]
On Saturday we had lunch at Cristina and Lucca’s farm in Paterno. After lunch we made sachets with dried herbs and flowers. [metaslider id=1280]
On Thursday nights, Elettra sings with a choir in Florence, near San Niccolo. The group meets in the Lutheran church where Italians gather to sing religious songs in German. Last night I tagged along, thinking I could sit in the back of the church and listen. If I got bored, I could always go for […]