Category: Blogs and Blessays
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Tiny and not too much money.
Overnight trip to Venice and the weather was perfect. Finally I booked in advance – it’s the only way to reserve a table; they have two settings, one at 7, then at 9:30. The restaurant is called Osteria Enoteca Ai Artisti, reasonably priced and the four of us had an absolutely fantastic time. I only…
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All Saints’ today, All Souls’ tomorrow
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Happy Halloween and driving by Dracula’s Castle
Technically, it’s called Peles Castle, known as Bran Castle, unless it’s Halloween – we call it Dracula’s Castle. A great drive back in 2012, in early November, through Sinai, Transylvania.
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Turning 60 and looking into infinity
Another trip around the sun, another birthday; like life – they happen so fast. So we went to LeFay resort where we could delude ourselves life can slow down. Where I could celebrate and my guy could relax. Moody day on Lake Garda and looking into infinity….pool. Feeling gratitude, looking forward to another trip around…
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Why leaves change color
The Marginalian by Maria Popova: Autumn is the season of ambivalence and reconciliation, soft-carpeted training ground for the dissolution that awaits us all, low-lit chamber for hearing more intimately the syncopation of grief and gladness that scores our improbable and finite lives — each yellow burst in the canopy a reminder that everything beautiful is…
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Some say Viale dei Tigli’s the prettiest street in Riva
I agree – these trees – but oh, I will miss those leaves…
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Gaslighting – feel familiar?
I asked chatgpt, AI did not disappoint: “Gaslighting” is a psychological manipulation tactic in which a person seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, or sanity. The term “gaslighting” is derived from a 1938 play titled “Gas Light”…
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Prioritize peace, diplomacy and cooperation to avert looming catastrophe.
The alternative is an axis of immense power against the west. And, WW3. Almost every prediction has been wrong, the west is sleepwalking its way into…. There are no positives to prolonging; only bad things for the world. Prioritize peace – save lives and infrastructure – how can anyone argue against that ~ ~ ~
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Let’s make pasta
Here I am in cooking school heaven – in Piemonte, Italy. Making several kinds of pasta, grossini, everything – first principle and fantastic for the body and mind. We ate pasta on a plate, but you can eat it the way they’ve been eating it forever @ Madonna delle Neve, on a soft white linen…
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October environs along the vines in Piemonte, Italy
The vendemmia gets such attention, but after the harvest – the rhythm accelerates, the colors come alive, vivacious and they change so quickly. From green to passionate red, then the grand finale when coral, orange and deep ochre take over ~ ~ october environs in Loazzolo, Piemonte, Italia