Traci Slatton's Best of 2014
5 star review 
authors 
gratitude 
kindness 
travel Traci Slatton,This is a personal, idiosyncratic list. These items are what I loved and enjoyed. BEST MOVIE: In Your Eyes, produced by Joss Whedon BEST SONG
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Italy: Blocked by socialism, corruption, and a no-can-do attitude
anarchy 
art 
dystopian socialism,Last year when we came to Italy, we went first to Venice and then to Florence and then to Rome. We rented an apartment in Rome near the Vatican
Agriturismo Al Vecchio Borgo outside of Possagno: A magical experience, with excellent food
hard work Agriturismo Al Vecchio Borgo,If I were married to a surgeon, I would hear about cuts and scalpels; if I were married to a movie producer, I would be regaled
Florence, the Medici Chapels, the Uffizi, and Social Media
healing 
sculpting There are too many tourists in Florence. Plenty of them are dreadful. Today I overheard an American as he stood in front of Leonardo's sublime Annunciation
La Serenissima
La Serenissima,It's true, I prefer the Florentine painters. The clarity and bright colors and sweet spirituality of Giotto, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Fra
Day 11: Letter to a friend
writing Day 11: Letter to a friend. Lynn and I dined at a restaurant that has been in business for over 400 years.
Day 10: Letter to a friend
Day 10: Letter to a friend. I hope it pleases you to hear, if you can be pleased with me, that I enjoy my time here. A close encounter of the strange kind.
Day 9: Letter to a friend
Day 9: Letter to a friend. There were a host of reasons to sally forth in the direction of Shakespeare & Company after 12:00--so I went. I walked.
Day 8: Letter to a friend
Day 8: Letter to a friend. Today I am most blue, missing my beloveds at home. I am following the wave of the feeling...
beauty A Day in Florence
A day in Florence. So yesterday I stood in the National Museum of the Bargello and quivered. Michelangelo's Dionysus, Giambologna's Mercury.
freedom From Sundance
From Sundance. I'm reading from my forthcoming novel "Immortal" at the Sundance Film Festival. The opportunity to do this makes me sound cooler than I am.
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