BELLA FIGURA

**GIVEAWAY!!** I’m giving away a free, exclusive bonus episode, along with a downloadable workbook, on dream interpretation to anyone who...

How to make beeswax taper candles The use of beeswax goes way back, to the ancient Egyptians, who used beeswax—the excess wax created by...

What to do with all those summer vegetables? Throw them into a convenient and nutritious quiche! A little while ago I confessed my love...

Learning to recognize when you've made a dream come true. Let’s talk about vision. We have this notion that when a vision becomes...

The dead are invisible, not absent. --Saint Augustine of Hippo Last week was my father's birthday. He passed away nearly 14 years ago. I...

Let’s talk about the lost arts; things our ancestors learned by default, knew by way of necessity, the way we learn how to navigate the...

Is there a more refreshing, celebratory, warm weather aperitivo than the classic Aperol Spritz? I think not. This classic Italian...

Cultivating connection with life's necessities First pick of the season! My white icicle radishes, which taste part sweet, part spicy (oh...

I began to gather up the oyster shells after dinner and slide them into a bag. My husband said, “You gonna use them for a photo?” I...

The idea of beauty, and how to fill our lives with more of it, can be intimidating. When we think of luxurious surroundings, we think...

We came up out of the garden and took our boots off, then sat on the porch swing for a few minutes, drinking some cold water. I noticed...

Here's a video. :) If you're wanting to become more of a from-scratch, home cook, as well as learn to cook more as our ancestors did,...

Here I am, oh, so many years ago, sitting in my good friend Katherine's apartment in Little Rock, Arkansas. I’d never seen this photo...

With much joy and excitement, I recently received my Italian citizenship. ✨Through me, my son became an Italian citizen as well. I wanted...

If you're looking to up your skills in the kitchen, to make more wholesome, nutritious, from scratch food for you and your family,...

Notes on motherhood For Mother's Day, I wanted to write a post about motherhood that, in such an upside-down world, could be...

I love a nice hearty dish that is also full of clean ingredients that give your body what it needs. In this dish, the lean turkey is full...

One of the best compliments I’ve ever received came from a professor when I was in college. During one of those face-to-face meetings in...

There have been many times in my life when I needed the peace of being near water or trees. The last year has certainly been one of them....

My parents’ lives began in Italy. In Southern Italy, to be precise, in the small villages that dot the area below Naples; an Italy that...