Est. 2011 · Jonesborough, Tennessee

Thomas & Audra's Story ......

Fifteen years of Sundays, suppers, and side trips — written down before we forget a thing.

Featured story · The Italy Years A Taste of Italian Art in Our Own Backyard We went looking for a quiet Sunday drive and found five centuries of Italian art an hour from the house. Some places you travel to; some were waiting nearby all along.
We awoke early this morning and turned on Create Tv to watch Rick Steve's Travel as it has become our custom. Thomas and I both have such a great desire to travel all over Europe.

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Hands kneading pasta dough on a wooden board

From the Kitchen

Sunday Sauce, the Way Grandmother Made It

Four hours, two glasses of wine, and one rule: nobody lifts the lid. Audra's notes from a recipe that was never written down — until now.

September 27, 2021

Sunrise over a fog-filled valley

Home Ground

Morning Fog Over the Valley

The mountains do this most days and it still stops us mid-coffee. A short one, mostly pictures — some mornings don't need many words.

September 12, 2021

A stone farmhouse above an olive grove

The Italy Years

The Farmhouse We Keep Driving Past

Two bedrooms, its own olive grove, and the sea at the bottom of the hill. We haven't bought it. We also haven't stopped talking about it.

August 29, 2021

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