Sunshine on My Shoulders

can make me smile! It's true, the lyrics from that John Denver song are playing like a soundtrack in my mind. I confess, there are many songs which pop onto the turntable spinning about in my thoughts. Could it be my swelling passion is so great, so enticing, so magnificent . . . all I can do is be inspired?? And it is developing at a fevered pitch, the "cost" of being so close to departing again for my beloved second home. Now I bet I can read your thoughts, "What cost is there in living the dream missy?!" . . . isn't that something close to your silent comments on my travel "travails". LOL

Surely I've told you about my passions?? So it comes as no surprise that I am finding myself utterly engaged in all the preplanning, for the planning, for the packing, for the doing, for the going . . . it is something building inside of me, as I draw nearer to that magical day, the day I arrive at my desired destination, Puglia.

Back to that soundtrack playing constantly now in my brain . . . the play list is long, varied and surely composed of the finest melodies and lyrics ever heard. What songs are on this list?? I have already given you one, "Sunshine on My Shoulders", well there are many others. It's every song ever sung about love, beauty, romance, passion, charm, sweetness, magic, and I could go on and on. To think of all the classical, R & B, jazz, country, pop, rock, instrumental, show tunes, etc. is to focus all my soul's energy on defining the place I so love . . . it is even the wind as it whisks through a row of Italian Cypress trees, standing like soldiers perfectly over an ancient wall, or around a cemetery's entrance gates. There is music inherently found in all of Italy, even the language has its musical qualities . . . music lives and breathes in Italy, in Puglia . . . it infiltrates your heart, your spirit, your soul, bringing rest to your mind. It is the siren's song upon your very essence of being.

Only you can make the play list for Italy . . . only you know the rhythms and melodies which swell through your nervous and muscular systems, sending impulse after impulse to dance along to the tempo. Only you know how it feels inside to discover your own heart's desires, but I can assure you, it will happen to you on this journey beside me . . . we will be humming and dancing to our singular inner soundtracks . . . but making beautiful music together. So, in a way, Chemarci will be the conductor, bringing the music to life within you!

Stay well, Cheryl