My Left Foot and True Confessions

As you can see by the photo, my left leg is in a boot, that's because when I was walking home one night in Spello I landed hard on my lefty off a cobblestone.  I was positive it was just a bad sprain, and did the RICE treatment, rest, ice, compression, elevation, and although it was painful I kept on walking. 
When I got home it was still pretty swollen, and sore, so when the Doc X-Rayed it, I'd broken my fibula, that thin leg bone, and I'd been walking on it for 2 weeks!
The good news is, it's been healing on its own, no thanks to me and my knuckle-headed-ness (walking in Rome for 2 days, and walking up and down hills in Spello) and it's actually feeling better being in the boot.  
I keep saying, "color me blond" but that wouldn't even cover how silly I feel for not having gone to the Dr. when my Italian family kept saying they would take me. 
Re-entry has been hard, I miss Spello a lot, and I miss the simple life, simple apartment, our friends and family there, but I'm happy to be home with Dr. C.  Everywhere I look there is something that needs to be done, and one of them is my next book, which I've been working on non-stop this summer, and into the time I've been home.  I'll write more as time allows this summer, till then, enjoy your weekend.   

Having an Epiphanie

 

So before coming to Italy, I was obsessed with taking the right day bag with me.  I wanted something that I could lug my camera in, maybe a guide book, notebook for recipes and wine selections, 2 pairs of glasses, water bottle, credit card wallet, and Euro wallet.  I wanted the bag to be light weight, but to have a shoulder strap and a place where the camera wouldn't get knocked around.  I discovered Epiphanie bags when I googled camera bags for women, and the result is the Ginger bag pictured above.   

The inside of mine is pink and it holds a ton, but doesn't seem that heavy to carry around.   With a bright interior, it's easy to find all the junk that floats to the bottom. There are lots of pockets on the outside, 1 on the inside, along with velcro dividers for each thing.  It's the perfect bag for me....actually I would have bought one of each of the styles (love the aqua and red ones!) if Dr. C. hadn't been looking!  That empty spot on the side will hold two cameras---my old Kodak and my new 3/4 DSLR.  The websites states they are saving women from the "man-bag"....to that I say AMEN!