I’ve become a stay-at-home, desktop traveler.
When my iPhone coughs up…
featured photos from another era, I’m off,
remembering what it was like to really go.
Back then, pre-pandemic, you packed stuff before you rushed headlong toward adventure.
Sandwiches and sunscreen, towels and mats: lighthearted baggage, with the idea that fun was on the horizon.
So different from today when, even walking the dog, you must protect yourself.
I always carry mask, gel, wipes and brandish them when someone breaches my social distancing space.
My surgical mask is a bellows, inflating and deflating, fogging my glasses with the effort of being ambulatory whether at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II or at Parco Lambro.
But she’s worth it.
Postcards from Italy---Natalia Sarkissian 
I wanna go! Breathtaking photos, as always. Thanks Natalia 🙂
C’mon, Marthe! Let’s make plans. 2021 or 2022?
When I travel in my head I’m going to see my scattered children. I see their welcoming smiles and sometimes even feel their arms around me. I walk through their homes, placing rooms and favorite chairs and focusing once again on the paintings on the walls. I smell wonderful foods and enjoy the colors of the plates and cups. I hug them again and again and feel warm and content.
Then I blink and I am home alone and far away.
Beautifully said, Sue.
Gorgeous photos capturing beautiful memories! Cute doggo too!
Thanks, K. Coming from you, that means tons!
Love the photos and imaginary journey. Glad you’re doing ok.
Thanks Ellen! How are things in your part of the world? I hope they’re improving!