What to do when the temperature is in the 80s on a Saturday afternoon, post jet-lag? Go for a bike ride with a cyclist...
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Canals Articles
Rapeseed & Red Poppies
My flight arrived yesterday evening, followed by a train ride into the city. I caught a cab and loved the winding ride...
Fast on the Canal
The fence joints along the canal were interesting to Dad, so I had stopped to take some detail shots. One of the...
Luigi’s Garden
There's a farm field along the canal, across from the Zibido Cemetery, that has piled up a rank-smelling mound of...
Canal Flea-Market Purchases
The original plan was to head to Firenze for the day (!), but I caught a short, quick cold Friday night and couldn't...
Antiques Along the Grand Canal
On the last Sunday of the month, one can browse Antiques and Flea-Market-Finds for as far as the eye can see (2...
Luigi Gathers Wood
Running parallel to the Naviglio Pavese canal, between the bike path and the highway, is a drainage ditch overgrown by...
Kitty Fix on Ricotta Day
Wednesday is "ricotta day", the day they make fresh ricotta at the Cascina Femegro. Even though I had just been there...
Springtime in Italy
The windows are open to the day's remaining warmth while trout and green beans grill and steam for dinner. I had...
Winter Goes Grudgingly
Winter has been long and gray and holding tight, unwilling to give way. But it's late March now, and winter goes...
How to Patch a Chuckhole
There's an ingenious citizen taking action along the frontage road that borders the canal and leads to the bike path....
I Met a Woman!
Nicoletta rode over the overpass at the same time I did and then began to move ahead. I called out, "Excuse me. I have...
Farm Fresh on a Sunny Day
Saturday. Clear blue skies. About 50 degrees. Yes! I headed down the canal on my bike, but decided on a change of...
Winter Cat
January 7, at 40 degrees on a gray day, I bundled up and hopped on my bike for a ride along the canal. Down a ways,...
History Buff on Wheels
"I was born in 1945 during the war years and I grew up with family members all around me talking about politics and...
Bluebird of Happiness
A wall along the canal features this singing bluebird and it makes me smile every time. Whether intended or not, it...
Fish on a Sunny Day
Wow. An absolutely gorgeous day in Milano. Is this what Fall is like in Italy?! Sunny after some 2:00 a.m., drenching...
I Bought a Branzino!
Nope. It's not a Vespa-type scooter or a little car. It's a little fish. A couple of months ago, while at the Saturday...
Leaping Frogs
Just had an hour and a half bike ride. A BIG snake crossed my path. Little frogs jumped out of the mud puddles in...
Gleaning the Early Fall Corn Field
When I rode along the canal the other day, sure enough, the corn field had been cut bare. There were two men out...