English: Venice: Italy: 1913 map of city center (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I wouldn’t leave Italy without achieving three tickets on my bucket list. The first: a gondola ride on the Grand Canal . And what a grand time we had. The Grand Canal is Venice ‘s major waterway and it divides the city in two. It looks like …[ read more ]

Not the San Marco Lion–but a gorgeous model The most famous section of Venice is St. Mark’s Square . For me, Canaletto made it familiar. His exquisite oil paintings capture the beautiful and mood of this quintessential Venetian square. We traveled there on a water bus–a fifteen minute cruise to glory and the splendor of Piazza San Marco. A hint …[ read more ]

Venice . Hardly a city in Italy is more romantic than Venice. Kevin Costner thought he had an original script with the Hollywood name of Water World. Venice trumped him by thousands of years. Taxi acquei–from airport to Villa Mabapa We landed in Marco Polo Airport –can you think of a more appropriate name for the watery world of …[ read more ]

“Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.” ―  Richelle E. Goodrich ,  The Tarishe Curse   Few wounds hurt as deeply as betrayal. It pains our hearts, shatters our trust, destroys relationships, and most notably, awakens our inner sense of justice. Ah, vengeance! To make the other pay for what they did, or at the very least, …[ read more ]

“Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!” (Psalms 103:1, NET)   You probably know that David was not afraid to be genuine and to pour out his heart in his songs. He pleads for deliverance, vents his anger, and begs for forgiveness. Here in Psalms 103 …[ read more ]