Signora Sheila

The Healthy Mediterranean Diet

Since moving to Italy, Hubby and I have been following the Mediterranean diet because it’s healthy and soooo delicious. You might want to give it a try too. Especially since many of us don’t get enough exercise, and real food is being replaced more and more by processed foods. Why not give this healthy dietContinueContinue reading “The Healthy Mediterranean Diet”

Lockdown Isolation: Challenges and Blessings

A young man reclines beside a large window, gazing over a sprawling city skyline under a cloudy sky, creating a calm, reflective mood.

Italy’s streets and piazzas are usually full of people, even in the evening. But with the lockdown all that has changed. An eerie silence has settled over the strangely unpeopled streets and towns. Except for the car that goes through town every day with a loudspeaker broadcasting the order to stay indoors. That’s the finalContinueContinue reading “Lockdown Isolation: Challenges and Blessings”

The Benefits of Italian Slow Living

Our years here in Italy have taught us that a slower pace helps us to enjoy life more and spend more time with the people and things we love. Whenever I talk about this, I meet others who would like to escape the stresses of life in the fast lane. They long for a moreContinueContinue reading “The Benefits of Italian Slow Living”

The Right Remedy

Two surgeons in masks, patterned caps, and blue gowns focus intently during an operation in a hospital operating room beneath bright surgical lights.

Tomorrow is the big day. I go in for cataract surgery, which I’m not especially looking forward to. Regaining sight in that eye, sure I look forward to that. But the rest? I’m not especially keen on shots and incisions in my eyeball! The right remedy. Yet, I know it’s the right remedy. I couldContinueContinue reading “The Right Remedy”

Our Tiny Italian (Dream) Home

Rolling green hills form a patchwork of vineyards, olive orchards, and fields, framed by leafy branches in a peaceful rural landscape.

Once upon a time we were a middle-aged couple hoping (against all odds) to buy our own home. We realized that the odds really were against us, so we tucked it into the drawer of Nearly Forgotten Dreams. You know, the one filled with all those dreams you can’t quite let go. The ones youContinueContinue reading “Our Tiny Italian (Dream) Home”

The Fix-It Mom

Two women share a comforting hug by a white brick wall; one looks distressed while the other offers support in a warm, intimate scene.

As parents, it hurts to see our children or grandchildren go through difficulties, doesn’t it? And if you’re like me, you want to fix all their problems. Kiss their wounds and make them better just like we did when they were little. But when serious trials come it’s not so easy. We can’t make thingsContinueContinue reading “The Fix-It Mom”