Category: Blogs and Blessays

This is a well worn phrase comparing Northern Italy to the south. I’ve also heard variations on the following: Garibaldi did Italy a great disservice. If he hadn’t invaded Sicily and Naples we in the north would have the richest and most civilized state of Europe. It’s all a matter of perspective. We’re going to…

We’re living in the middle of chaos and life is happening ‘this’ fast – write it down. Capture those moments ~ they will create a natural arc to your life. While moving from one address to the next, our nomadic life was full of chaos – were it not for my blog I would have…

~ Gigi, Colette and Godot

Hope your day has some beauty, a little serendipity ~ and your imagination is alive and thriving.

cruising across cities, countries, even continents – and places like Dubai. Cultural realities opening up on a daily basis, even if the days go by so fast, far more quickly than I care to know. …the next day, looking in the mirror, I’m sliding past 60, old enough to know just about all the leaders…

…loom large in our hearts. ~ Gastone in Loazzolo, Piemonte, Italia

I interviewed Gary Lachman on our podcast a few years back, and he’s always writing and thinking; about other writers and thinkers. In this article he covers some huge topics and blends them together. He starts out discussing the trouble we’re in…. In his monumental Study of History, a vast, twelve volume work that he laboured…

Here I am riding the elevator, going up, getting older, sliding in to 60 and suprised to say it feels just fine. This last trip, we stayed @ The Hilton in Venice, a 5 star hotel. My guy had points, a great hotel, yet immense. I’d rather walk along the streets of La Serenissima then…

Here’s a list of names for Italian easting establishments. Actually, I think there’s more: Pesceria, Rosticceria, Pizza a Taglio, Taverna…