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Legends ‘Online’
Oh the people you will meet and the places you will go in “Personal Legends of Piemonte” Here’s the link for digital version The story begins “Once upon a time there was a baker named Francesco Caballo who lived in a town called Limone…” If you prefer Italian, the second half begins: “C’era una volta…
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Summer collapses into fall, and fall happens so fast
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A little boy’s joy on Lake Garda
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Scott Ritter’s on fire.
I’ve no way of knowing whether more Americans are Pro Palestinian or Pro Israeli but Scott Ritter’s been spot on for the past two years. About pretty much everything. It’s such a sad state of affairs…
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Mass shooting at Charles University in Prague
Thank god it’s rare in Europe, what is now so normal in the States. 14 souls lost. Gunman was a 24 year old Czech student who shot his father, then 14 people, wounding 25 others at Prague University.
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turning it around, slowly, in the light
A beautiful line from Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf: “The compensation of growing old is that the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained – at last! – the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence, – the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it around, slowly, in the light.”…
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Why you should swap Florence for the Langhe
UK’s Independent has a great article on why you should swap Florence and Chianti for Turin and the Langue for culture and wine. That’s precisely why I’m writing a book called the Personal Legends of Piemonte. I’m almost done and feel validated – even prescient. Piemonte is the secret that needs to be told but…
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Decades happening in days – and beauty is still somewhere
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all dogs are love, but there’s something about papillons…
I posted this on a papillon fan page and received 500 likes. People who have papillons for companions are quite passionate about their papillons. Colette and Godot; once upon a time in Paris
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Poolside book chat