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When childhood stood still . . .
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Kusadasi, Turkey home of the Deal.
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Could You Be a Social Media Addict?
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The Amana Colonies – Midwestern Life at its Finest
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Maria Grazia Swan posted an update 1 month, 1 week ago

Sorry I haven’t posted for a while, we are so close to Easter. Wish you all a good and happy Easter regardless of how you celebrate.
- Dennis Carpenter replied 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Happy Easter to you Maria!
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, My Venice 2 months, 1 week ago

Before I tell you about Venice, I need to explain a few things. Italy is divided into regions, and regions are divided into provinces. Each region and each province comes with a ‘capital’. Sort of a miniature […]
- Sally Franz replied 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Great photo. I loved Venice but just went for a day trip. Might have to put it back on the longer stay list. What do you think?
Maria Grazia Swan posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

@dtbt617 Hello Dianne, welcome to our group. Maria Grazia Swan
Maria Grazia Swan and Sally Franz are now friends 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Maria Grazia Swan posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago

@sally, I do the same, I take the train and spend the day there, shopping, eating at my favorite Trattoria. It’s a bit routine, I even take a list of things friends ask me to bring back, and not having to worry about parking makes it much easier. With the exception of the masks, I purchase most of my stuff from the bancarelle, on the other side…[Read more]
Maria Grazia Swan unlocked Active Blogger 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Modern Families 2 months, 3 weeks ago

I have this thing about my teeth. When I was growing up, our town didn’t have a real dentist, The young man performing dental work, had learn from his father. Whatever he did, was always without anesthetic, no […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Family Dishing 3 months, 1 week ago

I’ve been divorced for over 20 years. My ex lives in California. I reside in Phoenix, Arizona, along with most of his family. We never lost touch, his family and mine, I mean. We celebrate the 4th of July at […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, I Love a Man on a Vespa! 3 months, 1 week ago

I watched a special about Miranda Lambert. I’m not much into country music, or anything else country, but it was a slow night. During the interview, Blake Shelton, her husband who is also a country music […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Christmas, the way I remember it 3 months, 1 week ago

Not so long ago, most Italians still viewed Christmas as strictly a religious celebration.

We had no Christmas tree, just the presepio, or nativity scene. The presepio represented the birth of baby Jesus, […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, E-Mail Order Brides 3 months, 1 week ago

Over the years I had the chance to meet quite a few men married to mail order brides. The label ‘mail order bride’ is somewhat dated since snail mail is hardly ever used anymore. The whole process takes place […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, I’m In Love With An Old Man! 3 months, 1 week ago

That’s the way my friend announced her decision to relocate to a far away state and move in with an older man she met on the Internet. I don’t know how old he was, she showed me a head shot. He wore some blue […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, The Price of Love? 3 months, 1 week ago

I’m a realtor. I sell houses for a living. My niche is real estate for singles. I’ve built a reputation around it, so much so that the local media calls me the matchmaker realtor, and often uses the quote, […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Traveling twin tubs? 3 months, 1 week ago

In general, most of us find commercials annoying. Over the years I watched entertaining commercials, funny commercials, depressing commercials and a few downright offending commercials.
The matching […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Sinatra’s Loves – The one who got away 3 months, 1 week ago

I’ve been doing some research for a project I’m working on. I wanted to see if it’s true that women are more like to pine for an old flame than men do. I found an interesting thread on Amazon,com and followed […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, What would you do for revenge? 3 months, 1 week ago

Recently at one of the continuing education classes for Realtors, the instructor asked an interesting question, “How far would you go for a listing?”

In the real estate world there is an old saying: If you […]
Maria Grazia Swan wrote a new post, Dreaming in Italian 3 months, 1 week ago

I always wanted to be a writer. When I was a little girl I lived with my grandparents in a 3 story house my grandfather built. One rainy day I went up into the attic to look for something, not sure what. Keep […]
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