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Continue reading →: The Giant, Odor-Free Minimalist {Travel} TowelDo you have a problem with smelly towels? We always did, but not anymore! Over here, especially during Italy’s rainy season, towels take a long time to dry. So if they’re not washed after each use, they start to smell acidic, and so unpleasant to use! But how can we…
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3–5 minutes
Continue reading →: How to Rejoice AlwaysThe Scriptures have much to say about joy and rejoicing. In fact, we who are God’s children should be the most joyful of all people! The words joy, rejoice, or joyful appear over 400 times in Scripture! We are told to sing and shout for joy. To be glad and…
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Continue reading →: Galilee in the Time of ChristGalilee, a name well-known and much loved by many around the world. But in Christ’s time, the rabbis and religious leaders looked on Galilee with disdain. They viewed Judea proper, with its traditional lore and academic excellence, as far superior. The Galileans, they felt, were nothing but hot-headed country bumpkins. Israel’s northernmost region…
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Continue reading →: God’s Plan for MarriageThe topic of marriage came up at a neighborhood dinner this past Christmas, after they learned that my husband and I have been happily married for 43 years. “What’s your secret?” they asked with both incredulity and admiration. But one middle-aged couple said, “We don’t see the point of getting…
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Continue reading →: One-Bag Travel: Packing ListWhen I talk about why we Travel With Just One Carry-on each, I also share that traveling with so little once seemed an impossible proposition. I like being prepared for anything. And as an organizer and champion list maker, I’d jot down everything I thought might be useful, and then…
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Continue reading →: How to Do Laundry Almost Free: NaturallyAccording to statistics, the average American family of four spends about $18 a year on laundry detergent.¹ Add another $39 for bleach, and $66 for fabric softener. That’s a lot of money going down the drain. (No pun intended!) And that doesn’t even take into account the toll all those chemicals take on…
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Continue reading →: Travel with a Carry-on OnlyThe thought of traveling with just one small carry-on seemed not only impossible to me, but a bit of a nightmare. But I now see that the real nightmare was lugging around so many bags! Especially since we didn’t even use everything we took along! Then I discovered onebag.com and…
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Continue reading →: Raising Kids for Such a Time as This {Queen Esther}That palace, it struck both fear and awe into the heart of the young woman who was passing near its gates. The opulence and grandeur of its halls were known throughout the land. Not that she would ever see inside, of course. Nor did she wish to. For she’d heard…
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I’m Signora Sheila: American born-Italian at heart, I’m a wife, mom, nonna and follower of Jesus. I am passionate about my faith, my family and my simple dolce vita here in Italy, where I’ve been living for 37+ years.
Signora Sheila 