Photo by Riccardo Zanotto.

I’ve been weepy all day since Alfonso and I took her to the airport this morning and she departed for Texas.

We had such an amazing “second honeymoon” in Italy. The sun has never shone so bright, the colors have never been so brilliant, the flavors and aromas have never been so satisfying and rewarding… Just yesterday I gazed upon her by the clear, fresh, and sweet waters and today I have only my salty tears to console me in the emptiness she leaves behind…

I just can’t smile without her…