Living the Italian Way

I haven't posted in over a year. Last Monday I celebrated my birthday, another milestone come and gone and for while now I feel as though my brain is shrinking. 1. I am getting older, undeniable fact. 2. My literary stimulus over the past few years has comprised of reading cookbooks , assorted chick-lit books and trying to navigate CAN/ULC ratings for my work with the Big F, not exactly mind expanding. 3. I haven't found the time to work on creative things, my paint brushes mock me from a workbench piled with 4 or 5 uncompleted projects........... intermittently mixed with work samples and migrating paperwork and oh, a few stray recipes. I have developed a plan to expand my brain, I have set goals, I will become Italian! 1. Learn to speak Italian, which may be tougher then I imagine but I am armed with "Rosetta Stone" to help me along the "via romana". 2. Select a reading list that will expand my Italian brain . 3. Be creative. Today is the first day of Italian Life.