Last show of the season for me at the Peoria Fine Art Fair

It is midnight. From the fourth floor of my room at the Hotel Pendini, I am watching a store display window being changed for a high-end retail store. The window is hinged to open out onto the sidewalk. Workers are busy cleaning the glass and installing electrical fittings, as the new window display components sit on the cobblestone street, wrapped and cushioned for shipping. It is an elaborate and shiny display!

Tomorrow is the start of our textile adventure! We signed up with The Tour Studio for a five-day hands-on workshop in Jacquard weaving and visits to handwoven textile studios and exclusive fabric houses in Florence, Umbria, and Perugia. Yesterday, the airlines cancelled one leg of our trip between Amsterdam and Rome. After several phone calls to Delta Airlines, our trip was rerouted to Portland, New York, and then Rome. Whew! Traveling teaches one to be flexible. I am tryi