Once upon a time in Texas, there was a girl with an appetite and a dream...
Please don't be alarmed by my absence, I am simply conducting a carefully planned experiment to see just how long my last remaining reader (hi mom) can tolerate seeing the same post every day for a month.
posted by Tracie P. at 10/05/2006 02:42:00 PM
Does leaving your former life to live in paradise really need much explanation? I had a dream to live in Italy. After four years of teaching and almost as many summers traveling, I knew that something had to be done. I needed to cook every day with that fresh, locally-grown produce. I needed to connect with people who made their own wine and bought their whole chickens with the feet still on. I wanted to live in a culture whose inherent passion for gastronomy was not born of pretense, but of the knowledge that what is so fundamental to life should also be ENJOYED. This, for me, is the definition of "la dolce vita Italiana." While it may not always be sweet, it is always Italian.
17 Comments:
I've never been here before, but I read your blog today, because I'm not one of those blogexplosion jerks who clicks and then goes off and does laundry for 25 seconds rather than read the blog they land on!
I'm still here!
10/06/2006 6:34 AM
I'm usually a lurker (bad bad me!), but I miss your posts so I've come out of hiding to protest! :)
10/06/2006 7:17 AM
It takes more than a few days of blogging-silence to shake me off!!
10/06/2006 7:35 AM
Is that all you’ve got? Just a month? I am still here :))))
10/06/2006 8:44 AM
Tracie, about time you stopped by my blog! Glad to see your still around, babe. Everybody needs a break!
10/06/2006 9:41 AM
lol. glad to see you are still alive.
10/06/2006 10:21 AM
"HI MOM (HMMPH)" JUST LIKE YOU GIRLS TO STICK TOGETHER. POOR OLE DAD NEVER GETS ANY CREDIT. I NEVER HAD A CHANCE AROUND MY HOUSE. SURROUNDED BY THREE GIRLS AND A NEUTERED DOG. GUESS I SHOULD BE USED TO IT BY NOW.
YOUR DEAR OLE DISAPPOINTED, LEFT OUT, FORLORN, DEPRESSED, SAD, DAD WHO LOVES YOU SO MUCH EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK HE STILL READS YOUR BLOG. OKAY ENOUGH OF THE SELF PITY. I AM AS HAPPY AS EVERYBODY ELSE TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE BLOGSPHERE.
10/06/2006 6:47 PM
Oh, your dad is TOO FUNNY! I think all dads must be the same at a certain level.
Hey - you are still on my blog as a "blog I visit", which is true...and I still look forward to your posts. So keep 'em coming girl!
:)
10/06/2006 8:49 PM
i've missed you!
stacy
10/06/2006 10:27 PM
i may be anonymous but i still check your blog every morning during my "breakfast w/ internet ritual". sooo, bring it on!
10/07/2006 2:08 AM
what a pleasant surprise...thanks for hangin' around!
3 women and a neutered dog?! poor poor dad. it's a wonder we didn't cause him to have a period too.
10/07/2006 2:31 AM
hehehe - your dad is lucky. my dad had 5 girls, a female cat, a female dog and then a neutered boy dog. lol you know those dads are spoiled rotten!
stacy
10/07/2006 3:48 PM
I'm still here, too. I just keep checking in from time to time to see what's up. :-) glad you're still floating around out there!
(Your dad is HEEEEEEEEE-larious! Can I adopt him?) :-)
10/08/2006 3:37 PM
Hey Tracie!
I miss my favorite blogger. Hope life is still good on Ischia. So what's new by you?
Hugs from NJ.
10/10/2006 11:47 AM
as a fellow texan; i have enjoyed your description of life in italy. (especially your photos-quite good)
don't stop now!!!
10/11/2006 4:11 PM
Mama, keep the blogging up so I can come by and remember how lovely Ischia is. I just got back and miss it already.
10/13/2006 5:23 PM
A Texan in Belgium via Southern California is glad your back! Happy Birthday, by the way.
To your daddy, my daddy had three girls as well. He used to be upset about not having a son until he found out that Roger Staubach also had 3 girls. Anyone that grew up in Texas during the 70's and early 80's knows that Roger is the MAN. So, I guess that means you are in good company!
Anyway, stay strong because when it came to grandkids, daddy was blessed with 3 grandsons!
10/18/2006 12:56 PM
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