Bailey Alexander: Dreams from Northern Italy

…having a swan come up to say hello, then walking with him, back down to the lake

“The more things change, the more they stay the same“ David Cameron is back, not as Prime Minister, but Foreign Secretary for the UK. This, the man who famously put a private part of his anatomy into a dead pig’s mouth. Etonians have class. Just look at Boris Johnson who he famously said Covid was…

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