It's about 1:15 Christmas morning, here in Naples, Italy. My latest Facebook update... Is there any Better way to welcome Christmas day than having your lover screaming Jesus' name? Certainly none that I can think of.

Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Bernstein wrote in the New York Times in 1997, "has always burned to carve his initials onto the collective awareness. What other kind of person would, beginning in his teen years, make carbon copies of every letter he wrote...

Photographs by Kilroy_60 It's rare that TheSpecialOne and I do touristy things when we travel. It's the first time either of us have been to Italy, though, and we've enjoyed the opportunity to explore Sicily. That's not to say we've denied ourselves...

Salutamu , friends, from Catania, Sicily... It's our third day in Italy; this is the view we have from the apartment where we're staying. Needless to say, I couldn't ask for a much better view of Mt. Etna.... It's been about 2 1/2 years since my...

May you have much joy, my friends, old and new, through the remainder of the Chrishanukwanztivus season. I'm leaving later this morning and will be spending a week-and-a-half in Italy, unless I extend the trip a few days. I expect to be back in time...