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Talking Over the Fence
Standing in my skinny kitchen, washing the dishes, I heard a couple of women talking. I looked out my kitchen window...
Scented by Jasmine
Journal Entry - June 1, 2012 "How blessed and full of grace are these days, scented by the jasmine vine along the...
Hurled Rain!
What rain in the night! The raindrops must have been a half inch apart and hurled at the ground with such velocity!...
Enrica, My Courtyard Neighbor
I was sitting in my room typing today and heard "snip, snip, snip." I looked out my window into the little private...
Brunelleschi’s Dome
When going into a new town, seek out the highest point from which to get the most sweeping overview. This will quite...
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Milano
I saw the Pope today. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Milano yesterday for an evening greeting to the citizens that...
Tricolore Gelato
As it turned out just by chance, my dish of gelato was my nod to Italy. Today is June 2, a holiday celebrating the...
Milanese Courtyard Birdsong
Who can identify this birdsong? Granted, the video's not great; it's not intended to be. Just close your eyes and...
Neighborly Hydrangeas
Shortly after arriving in Milano, I had a nesting moment and went out to pull weeds in and around my little courtyard...
Woman in White
Wandering the street market today, I saw this woman in white from head to toe, including white, fishnet gloves. She...
Osteria Soccer on a Cold Night
Brrr! It's been chilly in Milano much of the last week. For late May, temperatures in the low 50s are quite a...
Shopping at the Street Market
On Saturday, three blocks from my house, is the weekly street market selling fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses,...
Strolling the Canal
The Naviglio Grande - The Grand Canal - is between my casa and the metro subway station, Porta Genova. This gives me...
Sunny Morning Courtyard
The little courtyard is paved with stones and scraps of ceramic tiles. It's surrounded by camellia, hydrangea, iris,...
Tomatoes & Nespole
WHERE are these being grown right now?! The tomatoes are like sugar candy and the nespole are exotic after apples and...
First Time?
I saw this stenciled on a wall here in Milano today… (Worth contemplating.)
Long Pilgrimage Stroll to the Duomo
After sitting inside all day working, by 6:00 p.m. I had to get out and take a walk from here to my beloved Duomo. I...
Light in a Skinny Kitchen
The mid-afternoon sunlight is coming into my almost-three-foot-wide, skinny kitchen and it strikes me as so beautiful....
Evening Canal Stroll
At 9:00 tonight I set off for a walk up and over and around the Naviglio Grande zone - The Grand Canal. It was a brisk...